Rustam Minnikhanov: “Preparation for 70th anniversary of Victory should become a matter of honour for each Tatarstan citizen”
8 May 2013, Wednesday
On May 8 Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov held a session of organizing committee on preparation for 70th anniversary of Victory in Great Patriotic War 1941-1945 at Tatarstan Government House.
Tatarstan Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov, heads of ministries and agencies, employees of State Council, heads of municipalities and veterans of Great Patriotic War participated in the session. Tatarstan President noted that two years are left till celebration of 70th anniversary of Victory in Great Patriotic War.
Rustam Minnikhanov continued that 103 thousand 879 veterans currently live in Tatarstan. He noted that within the last few years, material and social support of veterans had considerably improved, work on providing comprehensive medical services had been organized, veterans receive high technology medical aid.
238 veterans live in nursing homes. Therefore, Rustam Minnikhanov stressed that the Ministry of Labour and Social Services should make their living as comfortable as possible.
Veterans’ requests sent to government authorities require special consideration. According to Rustam Minnikhanov, 52 requests were received from veterans in first quarter of 2013. Most frequently asked questions concern improvement of living conditions, and housing and communal services.
Another important issue upon preparation for 70th anniversary of Victory in Great Patriotic War is patriotic education of the youth.
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.
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