President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov held meetings with religious leaders in the RT Cabinet on February,2.
During the meeting with Archbishop of Kazan and Tatarstan Anastasy current issues of Kazan eparchy including events dedicated to 400-anniversary of praising the Kazan icon of the Mother of God, activity of Kazan seminary were discussed.
Later on Rustam Minnikhanov met with Chairman of RT Muslim religious board, mufti Ildus hazrat Faizov. The parties debated general situation in republican Muslim ummah. In particular, Tatarstan mufti summarized results of 2011 and told about events to be held in 2012. Besides, he informed RT President RT Muslim religious board announced 2012 the Year of Koran within the confines of the Year of historical and cultural heritage.
Head of RT President Staff Yuri Kamaltynov and Chief of the Department under RT President on interaction with religious associations Marat Gatin attended the meetings with religious leaders.
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.
On 5 February Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin took part in ceremony of awarding winners of the regional competition “The Woman of the Year. The Man of the Year: A Woman’s View” held at the Korston Leisure and Recreation Center in Kazan.
On 4 March at a briefing in the Government House of the republic Tatarstan Minister of Land and Property Relation Fanil Agliullin told about changes in land legislation enforced from 1 March of the current year. He said that they simplify a number of procedures for land plot owners including expanding the possibilities for land use and changing the rules for changing the category of a plot.
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