Rustam Minnikhanov meets with Russian Minister of culture Vladimir Medinsky
1 November 2012, Thursday
President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov has met with the Russian Minister of culture Vladimir Medinsky. The meeting was held at the Kazan Kremlin in the president’s work room.
Tatarstan’s Minister of culture Airat Sibagatullin, Chief of the Department of culture and RT peoples' languages development under the RT Cabinet Staff Gulshat Nigmatullinam were present at the meeting.
Rustam Minnikhanov and Vladimir Medinsky discussed preservation of historical and architectural monuments, implementation of restoration work at objects of cultural heriateg in republic, further cooperation with the International Center for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM).
To the point, today’s evening Vladimir Medinsky participated in the meeting with ICCROM experts. On November, 2 the Russian Minister of culture will visit Bolgar state historical and architectural museum reserve and the island town of Sviyazhsk.
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.