Rustam Minnikhanov meets with Russian film director Aleksandr Sokurov
21 April 2013, Sunday
On April 21 President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov met with a Russian film director Aleksandr Sokurov. The meeting was held at Tatarstan Government House with participation of Minister of Culture Airat Sibagatullin, Head of the Division of culture and development of Tatarstan people’s languages under Tatarstan Cabinet of Ministers Gulshat Nigmatullina. Issues of Russian cinema development and preservation of cultural heritage were discussed at the meeting.
Russian film director and People’s Artist of Russia Aleksandr Sokurov arrived in Kazan within the framework of a film show “Retrospective film show by Aleksandr Sokurov”. The event was initiated by the Fund of modern art, “Aurora 1991” gallery and the Fund of art, culture and education “Aleksandr” under the auspices of Tatarstan Ministry of Culture. Documentary and feature films were shown in Kazan on April 8-21.
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.