New shopping center «Metro Cash&Carry» has opened today in Kazan. Premier of Tatarstan Ildar Khalikov took part in opening of the second German shopping center in the republican capital.
New shopping center is located on Tikhoretskaya Street, 4. Total area of the complex is 12000 m².
A parking for 430 cars is available close to the shopping center. More than 25 thousand items of food and non-food products are presented in the shop. Investments in construction of the second trade center «Metro Cash&Carry» made more than 20 bln Euro.
Tatarstan PM Ildar Khalikov congratulated Director general of Russian branch of «Metro Cash&Carry» Peter Boon on his assignment to this post.
The PM thanked «Metro Cash&Carry» for quick realization of the project. The shopping center has been built within a year since the decision was made. Ildar Khalikov wished a new shopping center to meet all expectations of the company and Kazan residents.
Peter Boon thanked Tatarstan and Kazan leadership for assistance in the project realization. He believes that new shopping center will favour development of small and medium-size business in the capital.
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.