President of Tatarstan meets with delegation of Russian Ministry of foreign affairs
6 December 2012, Thursday
President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov has met with members of delegation of the Russian Ministry of foreign affairs who had arrived in Kazan to participate in session of the World congress of Tatars.
RF Deputy Minister of foreign affairs Grigory Karasin, Director of the Department for relations with subjects of the federation, parliament and public organizations Oleg Vasnetsov, Director of the Department for interaction with compatriots living abroad Anatoly Makarov, representative of the Russian Ministry of foreign affairs in Kazan Radik Vakhitov, Deputy of the RF State Duma Timur Akulov, RT Minister of culture Airat Sibagatullin, Chairman of executive committee of the World congress of Tatars Rinat Zakirov were present at the meeting at the Kazan Kremlin.
Participants of the meeting discussed current state and prospects of relationships with national Tatar autonomies in Russian regions and abroad and set objectives for the World congress of Tatars.
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.