Rustam Minnikhanov and Viktor Basargin discuss participation of Tatarstan in several federal programs
20 March 2012, Tuesday
President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov has met with the Russian Minister of regional development Viktor Basargin during his working trip to Moscow.
The parties discussed process of major repair of multi-apartment houses in republic, results of activity of construction and housing-communal complex in 2011, housing construction in 2012 within the framework of commercial and social mortgage, creation of engineering infrastructure, and construction of several social objects.
Rustam Minnikhanov told about realization of such programs as repair of policlinics and comprehensive institutions, “clean water” in Tatarstan this year. Moreover, realization of the federal program “Home” is one of mechanisms of state support.
Rustam Minnikhanov and Viktor Basargin also discussed participation of Tatarstan mono-towns in certain federal programs (i.e “Home”, repair of multi-apartment houses).
In the nearest time the Russian ministry of regional development is going to hold All-Russia meeting dedicated to further development of mono-towns in the country.
Tatarstan advanced the initiative to organize the event in one of the republican mono-towns (Naberezhnye Chelny, Chistopol, Kamskie Polyany).
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.