November 30, 2006

The Okrug Governor’s press-service informs:

On Friday Governor, Chairman of the Government of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug Alexander Filipenko is going to participate in the meeting in Yekaterinburg to discuss issues of the preparation of the election to the Tyumen Oblast Duma.

Governors of the yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug Yuri Neelov, Tyumen Oblast Vladimir Yakushev are expected to participate in the meeting, chaired by Plenipotentiary representative of the RF in the Urals Federal District Petr Latyshev and Chair of the State Duma of the RF Federal Assembly Boris Gryzlov.

November 30, 2006

The Okrug Governor’s press-service informs:

Yesterday on November 29 the official delegation of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug visited the Yuzhno-Moravskaya Oblast of the Czech Republic.

Governor, Chairman of the Ugra Government   Alexander Filipenko and Head of the Yuzhno-Moravski Krai Stanislav Uranek signed the Protocol of Intentions between the executive authorities of two regions. The document stipulates the creation of the joint working group on the preparation of the full-scale agreement on interaction and cooperation in various spheres of activity: development of tourism, cultural and research exchange, participation of Czech experts in the development of timber processing industry, mining, transport infrastructure and etc. Both leaders of the regions tasked relevant bodies to speed up the preparation of the agreement.

Then it was organized the round table with the participation of Ugra delegation which included besides the officials of the Okrug Government also mayors of Surgut Alexander Sidorov and mayor of Nizhnevartovsk Boris Khokhryakov, President of the Khanty-Mansiysk Bank Dmitri Mizgulin, Director General of the State Insurance company “Ugoria” Vladimir Volkov, Director General of the Khanty-Mansiysk branch of the Uralsvyazinform Eduard Lebedev. The Czech delegation was represented by leaders of the top tourist companies, companies of machine-building, housing construction, oil production, automobile industry, mining.

“It is very important that each participant of the round table should know what has been done and what can be done to establish practical cooperation between business structures of two regions”, - said in his comments Alexander Filipenko. “We got acquainted with potential opportunities of the regions, discussed basic ways of cooperation. Now the direct participants of the cooperation process should establish interaction.” Consul General of the Russian Federation in Brno Viktor Sibilev added: “The Yuzhno-Moravski Krai has already established the  system of cooperation with the Nizhegorod and Leningrad Oblasts. Ugra is the third region for the Czech region to cooperate with. I am confident that in a year we would be able to speak about practical steps, made on this way”.

Governor of Ugra laid the wreath at the monument of the Red Army soldiers who freed up Yuzhno-Moravia  from Fascists in April of 1945. The working trip of the Okrug delegation to the Czech Republic was finished with the visit to the memorial, built in honor of the Russian soldiers who gave their lives in the famous battle with Napoleonic troops in Austerlits.

November 30, 2006

The Okrug Governor’s press-service informs:

On December 5-8, 2006 the X Jubilee International specialized exhibition “Safety and labor protection-2006” will be held in Moscow at the All-Russia exhibition center.

The Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug will be represented by the Department of Labor and Population’s Social Protection, municipalities of Nizhnevartovsk, Nyagan, Khanty-Mansiysk, Nefteyugansk District, enterprise “Kormako”, Samotlor oil- and gas-producing division #2, “Alnas-Tyumenenergosetservice” and also Surgut State University and Regional center of labor protection. They will demonstrate their achievements in the sphere of labor protection. Ugra will represent its commercials at the festival “Cinema – to protect Man”.

The Department of Labor and Population’s Social Protection of the Autonomous Okrug is possessed of great experience of the participation in such exhibitions. The exposition od Ugra was awarded with diplomas many times and in 2002 it was awarded with a gold medal.