President of Tatarstan meets with Chief of Gorky railway
18 July 2012, Wednesday
The Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov has met with Anatoly Lesun, Chief of JSC “Russian railways” branch - Gorky railway. The meeting was attended by Aide to RT President Airat Khairullin, Minister of transport and road construction Lenar Safin, Deputy Chief of Gorky railway Aleksandr Cheremnov.
Rustam Minnikhanov and Anatoly Lesun discussed realization of project of intermodal transportation between the airport and “Kazan” railway station. To the point, total cost of the project is 11 bln roubles. 60 percent of funds have already been spent. Works are being implemented at all sections. New railway line is to be put into operation by the end of 2012. Thus, one will be able to get from the Kazan city center to the airport within 20 minutes by the express train.
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.