On December 16, at the Kazan Kremlin, the second meeting of the Tatarstan Presidential Inter-sectoral Consumer Council on acitivity of natural monopolies with participation of Chief of Staff of the President of the Republic of Tatarstan considered issues of implementation of mechanisms of public control over the activity of natural monopolies.
On December 17, during his visit to Budapest, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov met representatives of the Tatar diaspora at Kempinski hotel. They told Rustam Minnikhanov about their life in Hungary and events they organize that help to keep Tatar culture, traditions and language.
On December 17, within the framework of Hungarian-Tatarstan business forum in Budapest, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov took part in signing of agreement on cooperation between Tatarstan Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Hungarian National Trading House.
On December 17, at Hungarian Parliament in Budapest, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov met Vice Speaker of Hungary's National Assembly Janos Latorcai.
On December 16, at a Slovenian-Tatar business forum at Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Ljubljana it was noted that Slovenian businessmen are interested in Russian economy and are willing to develop cooperation with Russia.
On December 16, in Ljubljana, at his meeting with Minister of Economic Development and Technology of the Republic of Slovenia Zdravko Počivalšek, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov suggested holding the next session of Russia-Slovenia Intergovernmental Commission on Trade-Economic and Scientific-Technical Cooperation in Kazan.
On December 16, at his meeting with Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov at Slovenian Parliament (Ljubljana), Chairman of National Council of the Republic of Slovenia Mitja Bervar said that Slovenia is interested in expanding cooperation with Russia.
On December 16, speaking at a briefing at Tatarstan Cabinet of Ministers, the Head of the Tatarstan Office of the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation Marsel Imamov reported that 41,000 individual entrepreneurs of the republic have debts to the Pension Fund amounting to 1.7 billion roubles.
On December 16, at a briefing at Tatarstan Cabinet of Ministers, Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Rafail Gilmanov reported that 175, 000 litres of counterfeit alcoholic products have been seized in Tatarstan since the beginning of the year. 44, 000 litres have been brought from Kazakhstan, 51, 000 – from North Ossetia.
On December 16, Tatarstan Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov took part in a solemn opening of reconstructed electricity line substation “Kutlu-Bukash” in Rybno-Slobodsky region.