Rustam Minnikhanov meets with CEO of Association of innovative regions of Russia Ivan Bortnik
3 April 2012, Tuesday
President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov has met with CEO of the Association of innovative regions of Russia Ivan Bortnik. The meeting was held in RT Government House with participation of RT Minister of economy Midkhat Shagiakhmetov and Aide to RT President Anatoly Krasnov.
The parties shared opinions about the strategy of further development of the Association of innovative regions of Russia, discussed innovative development of Russia in general and subjects of the federation in particular.
To the point, memorandum on creation of interregional Association of innovative regions of Russia was signed at XIII innovative forum in Tomsk in May 2010.
Today the Association of innovative regions of Russia comprises eight subjects of the federation (Irkutsk oblast, Kaluga oblast, Tomsk oblast, Novosibirsk oblast, Krasnoyarsk krai, Perm krai, the Republic of Mordovia, the Republic of Tatarstan), Academy of national economy at RF Government and the Russian corporation of nanotechnologies.
A regular session of the Supervision council of the general meeting of the Association of innovative regions of Russia will be held on April 5 in Moscow.
Read more about the Association of innovative regions of Russia http://www.i-regions.org/
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.