Rustam Minnikhanov participates in opening of bilateral Year of Russia in the Netherlands and the Year of the Netherlands in Russia
8 April 2013, Monday
President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov participated in opening of the Year of Russia in the Netherlands and the Year of the Netherlands in Russia.
President of Russia Vladimir Putin and Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands opened the Year of Russia in the Netherlands and the Year of the Netherlands in Russia.
The ceremony was held at Hermitage on the Amstel museum (Amsterdam).
President of Russia and Queen of the Netherlands unveiled a commemorative plaque in honour of the official start of bilateral years.
To the point, the branch of State Hermitage was opened in Dutch capital in 2009 and has become known as one of the most important cultural centres in the Netherlands.
Vladimir Putin and Queen Beatrix looked over the exhibition “Peter the Great, the inspired tsar” that was opened at Hermitage on the Amstel museum in March.
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.
On 2 March in her address on the occasion of the Mentor’s Day, Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister Leyla Fazleeva congratulated residents of the republic with the event and wrote: “Since 2025 this holiday established by Russian President Vladimir Putin has occupied a worthy place in the calendar of significant dates of our country, emphasizing the high status and significance of the mentoring mission.