RF Minster of transport Igor Levitin arrives in Kazan with a working visit
10 February 2012, Friday
The minister of transport of the Russian Federation Igor Levitin has arrived in the Republic of Tatarstan with a working visit. The minister was met by RT Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov and RT Minister of transport Lenar Safin in the international airport “Kazan”.
Upon arrival Head of RF ministry of transport inspected reconstruction of the international airport “Kazan” within preparation for summer Universiade-2013 in the Tatarstan capital which implies construction of plate structures and organization of intermodal transport.
Later on Igor Levitin and his party viewed a number of objects of Kazan transport infrastructure under construction, including multi-level junctions.
In the afternoon RF Minster of transport Igor Levitin is going to attend a solemn ceremony of delivering state awards of Russia to the crew of “Arabella” motor vessel (the Kazan Kremlin), hold a session of working group on transport infrastructure and logistics of the Council under RF President on development of physical culture, sport, elite sport, preparation for XXII winter Olympic games and XI Paralympic winter games 2014 in Sochi, XXVII World summer universiade 2013 in Kazan.
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.