Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov arrives in Luxemburg
9 April 2012, Monday
A working trip of the Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov in the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg started on April 9, 2012.
Head of republic was met by the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation in Luxemburg Alexandr Shulygin and the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Luxemburg in Russia Pierre Ferring in international airport “Findel”.
On April 10 Rustam Minnikhanov is to attend several business meetings within the confines of a short-term working trip in Luxembourg.
In particular, the Tatarstan President will meet with the Prime Minister of Luxemburg Jean-Claude Juncker and Minister of economy and foreign trade Etienne Schneider.
Moreover, RT President is expected to visit the Center for telecommunication management of the biggest satellite company in Europe SES Astra and Luxemburg Chamber of Commerce.
The Tatarstan-Luxemburg round table and presentation of economic and investment potential of the Republic of Tatarstan and Luxemburg economy will be held in the Chamber of Commerce.
The Tatarstan delegation is comprised of vice RT Prime Minister – minister of informatization and communications Nikolai Nikiforov, Director of the Department for external relations – Aide to RT President on international issues Iskander Muflikhanov, Chief of the RT Investment Development Agency Linar Yakupov, Board chairman of OAO Ak Bars Bank Robert Minnegaliev, first vice Minister of industry and trade Igor Nosov.
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.