The Kazan Federal University has developed a unique technology that will save both large farmers and ordinary gardeners from the serious problem. It s about a way to protect potatoes from the dangerous common disease Fusarium wilt, or dry rot, as it is also called. Scientists have discovered strains of bacilli, which were active against the causative agents of fungal diseases. Read the details in the material of Realnoe Vremya.
What is the danger of Fusarium wilt?
Ayslu Mardanova, Doctor of Biological Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Microbiology at the Kazan Federal University, told Realnoe Vremya about the new development. To begin with, the interlocutor of the publication outlined how dangerous the disease itself is for potatoes.
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The door-to-door census hasn’t been conducted in Turkey for many years already it is only electronic. Moreover, citizens of the country aren’t asked questions about their nationality, mother tongue and religion. Foreigners are counted separately. Consul General of the Turkish Republic in Kazan İsmet Erikan told Realnoe Vremya’s correspondent in an interview within our online newspaper’s special project dedicated to the Russian Census. The diplomat talked about Russian fiancees in his country, the Tatar diaspora and the problem of refugees. The interlocutor also announced jubilee events devoted to Turkey’s 100
th anniversary and upcoming visits of Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov and head of Bashkortostan Rady Khabirov to his country.
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In the context of the coronavirus pandemic, the unemployment rate in Tatarstan, as in Russia as a whole, has reached record levels. In the republic, the figures have doubled since the announcement of non-working days in April to 1,88%. All summer, in the absence of business prospects, the figures were growing and peaked in August at 3,89%. In the districts as a whole, the situation developed synchronously (with some time lags). However, there were municipalities where it was most difficult to find a job. Read more information in Realnoe Vremya s own research.
Pestretsy, Yelabuga and Kazan outsiders in unemployment
More than 1,5 billion rubles were allocated for the implementation of the youth policy in Tatarstan last year. With this money, new health camps were built, youth centres were created, major repairs were carried out in youth clubs, more than 30,000 events were held both offline and online, and participation in various federal projects and victory in them brought young activists more than 125 million rubles in the form of grants, said Minister of Youth Affairs of Tatarstan Damir Fattakhov at the final board meeting of the agency. Read more about the problems of young people, including in the context of recent protest rallies, in the material of Realnoe Vremya.
The Russian Ministry of Finance stopped an ambitious Tatarstan project on the republic’s third special economic zone near Almetyevsk AlmA SEZ: Moscow offered Tatarstan “to consider alternative mechanisms of support for private investors”. However, the experts surveyed by Realnoe Vremya think that there is still some hope for authors of the initiative (Tatneft is the beneficiary of the project) and put an example of tough negotiations of Alabuga and Innopols special economic zones too. Read in Realnoe Vremya’s report about the reasons why AlmA halted, disadvantages of the scheme of support for a business via an SEZ and consequences for the enterprises that planned to become residents of the zone.