Rustam Minnikhanov attended the opening of the IT Lyceum before Kazan Federal University
1 September 2012, Saturday
IT Lyceum before Kazan (Volga) Federal University (K (D) FU) opened today in Kazan. IT Luceum is separate Educational Scientific structural unit, providing training in basic, intermediate and secondary general education. All gifted children from the municipal districts of Tatarstan, the Volga Federal District and other regions of Russia will be taught here.
The opening ceremony of IT Lyceum was attended by President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov, State Secretary - Deputy Minister of Sport Natalia Parshikova, Minister of Education and Science of the Republic of Tatarstan Albert Gilmutdinov, Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Information and Communications of the Republic of Tatarstan Roman Shaikhutdinov Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin and others.
Welcoming the guests, lyceum students sang a song in English, Russian and Tatar languages.
IT liseum is located in the Universiade Village 2013 and represents a complex of school buildings and living facility. The living facility consists of three blocks: 2 blocks of 5 floors and one block in 7 floors. The total area of the school - 11.2 thousand square meters. M. Liceum has 36 classrooms of general purpose, three laboratories, English language classrooms, computer classes, hall, dining room and a gym, a medical unit. The living facility has 130 sleeping rooms, 20 rooms for self-study etc.
For 2012-2013 academic years the teaching staff consists of 30 teachers.
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.
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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.