Perm region and Bashkortostan become Tatarstan partners upon the project “Universal electronic card”
17 September 2011, Saturday
Memorandum on creating interregional authorized organization for joint realization of project “Universal electronic card” has been signed by Tatarstan, Perm region and Bashkortostan in the course of international investment forum in Sochi. In the presence of Rustam Minnikhanov the document was signed by Vice-premier – Minister of info and communications Nikolai Nikiforov, Deputy Premier of Bashkortostan Marat Mulyukov and Head of agency for investment development of Perm region Denis Mironov.
By words of Nikolai Nikiforov Tatarstan offered cooperation in the sphere of realizing project “Universal electronic card” to all regions of Volga federal district. According to Minister of info and communications 9 regions have already responded to the proposal and similar memoranda will be signed in the nearest time.
The first step in realization of memorandum will be defining organizational and legal form of new interregional organization. By words of Nikolai Nikiforov regions of Volga federal district can adopt advanced know-how of each other, define unified standards of adopting universal electronic card and reduce terms of system implementation and budget expenses.
Deputy Premier of Bashkortostan Marat Mulyukov noted that Tatarstan is the leader in implementation of information technologies and other regions adopt republican experience to a large extent.
On 26 March Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin took part in a meeting of the Council by the Russian Presidential Envoy in the Volga Federal District dedicated to rural demographic policy held by the Russian Presidential Envoy in the District Igor Komarov in Nizhniy Novgorod with participation of heads of federal ministries concerned, representatives of the Federal Assembly and heads of federal entities of the Volga Federal District. The participants of the meeting discussed such topics as the demographic situation, implementation of federal programmes and the best regional practices, and the results of the meeting will be used for preparing comprehensive solutions of such tasks set by Russian President Vladimir Putin as preservation of the population, strengthening health, raising prosperity of people and supporting families.
On 24 March, speaking at a briefing on achievements of preventive medicine last year and plans for 2026 held in the Government House of the republic, representatives of Tatarstan Healthcare Ministry said that medical check-ups are proving their effectiveness in preserving the health and lives of residents of the republic.
Thus the regional Healthcare Minister Almir Abashev informed: “Over the past five years, a clear course has been set to ensure that preventative medicine in the country gains momentum. Starting from 2022 the number of people who should have their medical check-ups in this or that year is growing. We are facing a task of covering more than 70 per cent of elderly people with check-ups by 2030.”
On March 10, the third meeting of the organizing committee on preparation and holding of the 20th anniversary Russian Venture Forum 2026 to be held in Kazan from April 8 to 10, chaired by Russian Minister of Science and Higher Education Valery Falkov and with participation of Tatarstan Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan and co-chair of the forum’s organizing committee Aleksey Pesoshin, President of the Academy of Sciences of Tatarstan Rifkat Minnikhanov, Director of the Investment and Venture Fund of Tatarstan Damir Galiev as well as representatives of federal and regional authorities, development institutions and partner organizations via videoconference, took place.
On 10 March, speaking at a briefing dedicated to the development of the national Max messenger in Tatarstan and held in the Government House of the republic with all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the Minister of Digitalization of Public Administration, Information Technologies and Communication of the republic Ilya Nachvin informed that according to the data of March 2026 about 1.5m residents of Tatarstan use domestic Max messenger.