Tatarstan Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov meets with winners of WorldSkills Russia-2013
14 May 2013, Tuesday
Tatarstan Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov met with members of Tatarstan team – winners of first Russian Championship WorldSkills Russia-2013.
To the point, 14 students from Tatarstan recently took part in the championship in Samara. Four of them took medal places.
On behalf of Tatarstan President, State Council and Government Ildar Khalikov welcomed winners and said that competitions seemed to be uneasy from the very beginning. More than 300 people from 40 regions took part in the contest.
Ildar Khalikov believes that enhancing of prestige of blue-collar occupations can be realized with major employers.
Prime Minister thanked teachers of the winners and informed that in accordance with Tatarstan President’s order the decision was made to provide monthly bonuses for every master of industrial training during the year.
The Minister of Labour and Social Services Airat Shafigullin supposes that Tatarstan youth should compete both on Russian and international level.
Construction of sports grounds and development of hostels were discussed at the meeting.
Finally, Ildar Khalikov presented Letters of Gratitude of Tatarstan Cabinet of Ministers to winners of first Russian Championship WorldSkills Russia-2013.
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.