Tatarstan President meets with Ambassador of Germany to Russia
13 May 2013, Monday
On May 13 Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Germany to Russia Ulrich Brandernburg at the Kazan Kremlin. Tatarstan Minister of Industry and Trade Ravil Zaripov and Aide to Tatarstan President on international issues Radik Gimatdinov took part in the meeting.
Opening the meeting, Rustam Minnikhanov reminded that in September 2012 he addressed the Ambassador with request to open German visa centre in Kazan. “This event will happen today. We suppose it will favour strengthening of our relations, promotion of our projects, development of tourism, educational programmes and business,” Rustam Minnikhanov said.
Tatarstan President was satisfied with strengthening of cooperation between Tatarstan and Germany. Last year trade turnover between Tatarstan and Germany made 1,5 bln euro. The amount of investments from Germany makes 1,3 bln euro.
According to Rustam Minnikhanov, cooperation between KAMAZ and Daimler is a perfect example.
Six German companies are registered at SEZ “Alabuga”. By and large, there are 71 enterprises with German investments work in Tatarstan. Siemens, Knorr-Bremse, ZF, Voith, Basf actively operate in republic. Tatarstan enterprises and banks established contacts with German banks. German retail networks are very popular in Tatarstan. “Ak Bars Aero” offers direct flights to Munich.
Rustam Minnikhanov continued that educational institutions had established good relations with German colleagues. Health industry is another important area of cooperation. He called for expanding cooperation in the sphere of medical institutions management.
Rustam Minnikhanov addressed German colleagues with request to support Bolgar and Sviyazhsk at forthcoming voting for inclusion in UNESCO World heritage List.
Possible participation of German companies in Innopolis and “Smart City Kazan” projects is another perspective area of cooperation.
Rustam Minnikhanov and Ulrich Brandernburg also discussed training of professional staff.
Ulrich Brandernburg asked about development of tourism in Tatarstan. Rustam Minnikhanov said that Kazan, Bolgar and Sviyazhsk are becoming more attractive for tourists.
Rustam Minnikhanov thanked Ulrich Brandernburg for support of all joint projects.
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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