Rustam Minnikhanov meets with President of AO “Kazakhstan railways” Askar Mamin and Vice-president of Barclays Capital Marc Holtzman
21 April 2013, Sunday
President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov discussed prospects of cooperation with delegation of AO “Kazakhstan railways” led by the President Askar Mamin, Vice-president of Barclays Capital, Chairman of Meridian Capital Marc Holtzman.
The meeting was held at Tatarstan Government House. Aide to Tatarstan President Radik Gimatdinov, Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin, Minister of Transport and Roads Lenar Safin, Minister of Construction, Architecture, Housing and Communal Services Irek Faizullin, employees of Tatarstan Ministry of Health participated in the meeting.
Participants of the meeting discussed issues of mutually beneficial cooperation in development of airport activity, health care industry, construction of multi-purpose hotel complex.
Rustam Minnikhanov noted that variants of public-private partnership for organization of private ambulance are being studied in Tatarstan. Rustam Minnikhanov supposes that a multi-purpose hotel complex can be constructed in Kazan.
President of AO “Kazakhstan railways” Askar Mamin told about company’s development, and cooperation with OAO “Russian railways”.
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.