OREANDA-NEWS. March 25, 2009. Rustam Minnikhanov, RT Prime Minister, Doctor of Economics, and Sergey Kogoghin, Director General of KAMAZ Inc., candidate of economic sciences, became the RF Government Prize Laureates for Science and Technology.

The Interagency Council of Awards for Science and Technology suggested awarding this title to them. The RF Government has recently published the corresponding decree. The title of honour “The RF Government Prize Laureate for Science and Technology” was also bestowed on Gennady Degtyarev – Doctor of Engineering, Professor, President of Kazan State Technical University named after A.N. Tupolev, Yevgeny Martynov – candidate of economic sciences, Doctor of Engineering, Professor, Director of Tatarstan Energy Saving Technologies Center under the RT Cabinet, Farid Tuktarov – RT Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade.

The awards were given for developing and realizing complex regional programs of energy conservation and energy resources efficiency in the Republic of Tatarstan.