Rustam Minnikhanov meets with chief of Bombardier company
16 August 2012, Thursday
President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and Vice President of Asset Management at Bombardier Rod Sheridan have discussed issues of mutually beneficial cooperation. The meeting took place at the RT Government House with participation of Tatarstan’s Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov, Minister of industry and trade Ravil Zaripov, and others.
Rustam Minnikhanov noted that Tatarstan had become one of the regional service platforms of Bombardier. The authorized service center of the Canadian engineering company opened on the territory of TulparTechnic.
“Opening of such a center means that you have serious intentions and we need to develop our relationships,” Rustam Minnikhanov said. He thanked Bombardier management for cooperation saying he is sure that new center will service the Bombardier aircraft park with a high level of reliability and quality.
Rod Sheridan made a short presentation for attendees of the meeting, told about new aircrafts, use of composite materials in their production and prospects of the Russian aviation market. In particular, he noted that cooperation with “Ak Bars aero” is efficiently developing.
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.