Rustam Minnikhanov meets with rector of St. Petersburg state forestry engineering university Andrei Selikhovkin
8 August 2012, Wednesday
The Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov has met with rector of St. Petersburg state forestry engineering university named after S.M.Kirov Andrei Selikhovkin.
The meeting took place at the RT Government House in a presidential study with participation of the Minister of forestry Nail Magdeev.
The parties discussed issues of preservation and development of forest resources in the country and republic, in particular, issues of staff training for the industry.
To the point, Andrei Selikhovkin arrived in Kazan with a working visit. During his stay in Kazan, the Cooperation Agreement was signed by St. Petersburg state forestry engineering university and the Tatarstan Ministry of forestry. Besides, Andrei Selikhovkin acquainted with activity of forest stations and saw objects of cultural heritage in the Kazan historical center.
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.