Rustam Minnikhanov meets with the Turkish minister of economy
31 May 2012, Thursday
Leadership of the Turkish Republic appreciates business relationships with the Republic of Tatarstan, the Turkish minister of economy Zafer Çağlayan said at a meeting with the Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov.
The meeting was held in Istanbul within the confines of the Tatarstan-Turkish Trade-investment forum.
RT President Rustam Minnikhanov expressed a desire to organize the same forum in Kazan where Turkish businessmen will be able to get acquainted with investment opportunities of Tatarstan personally.
Rustam Minnikhanov believes that Tatarstan is the most transparent region of Russia for Turkish business and may become the starting point for entering the Russian market.
The Turkish minister of economy Zafer Çağlayan marked in turn that leadership of the Turkish Republic appreciates business relationships with Tatarstan. “1 of 15 bln dollars of Turkish investments around the world go to Tatarstan. It means a lot,” Zafer Çağlayan said.
He noted as well that the Turkish leadership would continue inviting Turkish companies in Tatarstan. In his opinion, business projects with participation of Turkish companies will be the best advertising for Tatarstan as an investment-attractive region.
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.