Rustam Minnikhanov attended the opening of the Medical Centre in Universiade Village
1 September 2012, Saturday
Today The Medical Center of the Universiade Village was officially opened in Kazan. The opening ceremony was attended by the President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov, State Secretary - Deputy Minister of Sport Natalia Parshikova Minister of Health care Ayrat Farrakhov, Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin, rector of Kazan (Volga) Federal University Ilshat Gafurov and other officials. Medical Center also includes the Student Health Centre.
Student health center will serve 27 higher education institution with a total number of 70 thousand people. Medical Center's professional staff - 197 people. According to Airat Farrahov, today it is the only student health center, which is preserved in Russia, in other regions students served at the place of registration in the district hospitals.
Medical Center has all the main research methods, including endoscopy room, fit up with modern equipment. Fluorography office has digital devices that allow to store and transmit images, if necessary, carry out remote consultations with leading medical centers. Each therapy room is equipped with electrocardiogram machines, electronic scales, devices for pressure changes. There are two rooms of ultrasonic examination, X-ray room, surgical and trauma rooms, and a friendly clinics for youth, where professional psychologists working with patients.
The conditions, created at the Medical Center, allow to conduct accurate diagnosis, timely quality treatment with maximum comfort for patient. There is a day hospital, physiotherapy department, unit of doping control, infectious office.
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.