RT President inspects course of construction of the Kazanka embankment
9 May 2012, Wednesday
Prospects of development of the Kazanka embankment have been discussed at a visiting meeting held by the Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov.
Head of republic accompanied by Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin and Minister of construction, architecture and housing Irek Faizullin visited the construction site on the left bank of the Kazanka river near Kremlin, Universiade media center and Palace of water sports under construction.
The development concept of the Kazanka left bank which implies construction of a variety of objects was presented to President of republic. Rustam Minnikhanov noted that development of the embankment by Universiade 2013 is a priority task.
Universiade Media center will be located on the Kazanka right bank near the publishing house. Rustam Minnikhanov acquainted with course of works and gave a few assignments on speeding up construction.
Development of the embankment is also included in the project of the Palace of water sports and football stadium for 45000 seats.
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.