Ildar Khalikov meets with Chairman of Commission of International Union for the Conservation of Nature
15 May 2013, Wednesday
Tatarstan Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov has met with Chairman of the Commission on Ecosystem Management of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature Piet Wit and professor of Estonian University of social studies Kalev Sepp.
In October 2012 Kalev Sepp visited Kazan as the expert of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, the UNESCO consulting organisation. The visit was connected with work on inclusion of Bolgar and Sviyazhsk in UNESCO World Heritage List.
During the last visit Kalev Sepp offered to discuss the issue of holding World Congress under the auspices of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature in Kazan. Tatarstan Government and President Rustam Minnikhanov supported the idea.
Welcoming Piet Wit and Kalev Sepp, Ildar Khalikov said that the proposal concerning holding of First World Congress on Ecosystem and Cultural Landscape Management is very interesting for Tatarstan.
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.