On December 27, general director of the Fund for utilities reforms promotion Konstantin Tzitzin, Chairman of the supervisory council of the Fund for utilities reforms promotion Sergey Stepashin, Chief of Staff of the President of the Republic of Tatarstan Asgat Safarov, Head of the Laishevo Municipal District Mikhail Afanasiev, Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing of the Republic of Tatarstan Irek Faizullin, Executive Director of the Tatarstan State Housing Fund under the Tatarstan President Talgat Abdullin took part in the solemn ceremony dedicated to handing the keys to new flats to the hazardous dwelling resettlement programme participants.
On December 26, in his speech in the 9th congress of Council of Municipalities of the Republic of Tatarstan, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov expressed his gratitude to the delegates for their work and noted the important role of the Council of Municipalities of the Republic of Tatarstan in development of Tatarstan.
On December 26, at his meeting with the participants of the Antarctica 100 expedition of All-Russian non –profitable governmental organization “Russian Geographical Society”, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov thanked them for the record of the dive to the depth of 97 meters in the Antarctic waters and presented them with state awards of the Republic of Tatarstan: Medals for Valorous Labour and letters of gratitude of Tatarstan President.
On December 25, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, Kazan Mayor Ilsur Metshin and Russian State Duma deputy Irek Boguslavskiy took part in the opening ceremony of the outdoor Nefis Ice Rink with a total area of 15,600 square metres which is located near the Kazan Arena soccer stadium.