On June 23, speaking at a meeting of leaders of the regions of the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River and Volga Federal District chaired by Presidential Envoy in Volga Federal District Michail Babich and Member of China's State Council Yang Jiechi in Samara, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov said thatTatarstan is interested in active development of mutually beneficial cooperation with China’s regions.
On June 23, Tatarstan Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov took part in opening of the International conference, dedicated to the 70th anniversary of electron paramagnetic resonance discovery by Evgeniy Zavoyskiy and XVII International Young Scientists School "Actual Problems of Magnetic Resonance and its Applications".
On June 23, at the 38th session of UNESCO World Heritage Committee in Doha (Qatar) chaired by Sheikha Al-Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, the decision was made about inclusion of Bolgar historical and archeological complex included in UNESCO World Heritage List. It was the 1002nd objects in the List.
On June 21, Russian Minister of Communications and Mass Media Nikolay Nikiforov, Minister of Education and Science Dmitry Livanov, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, Secretary General of World Robot Olympiad Claus Ditlev took part in an opening ceremony of the Russian round of the World Robot Olympiad at the Tennis Academy in Kazan. The Tespian android robot, which is called the most emotional robot in the world and previously opened the international exhibition in Hanover together with Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel and British Prime Minister David Cameron, was also involved in the ceremony.
On June 21, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, Secretary of the Security Council of Russia Nikolai Patrushev, Governor of Sverdlovsk region Evgeny Kuivashev, Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin, Mayor of Istanbul Kadir Topbaş and other officials took part in solemn Sabantui celebrations in Mirny towhship in Kazan. Many thousands of citizens and guests of Kazan attended the festival as well.
On June 21, at his meeting with Governor of Sverdlovsk region Evgeny Kuivashev at the Kazan Kremlin, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov said that it is important to maintain contacts and find new markets to strengthen cooperation between Tatarstan and Sverdlovsk regions.
On June 21, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov and Governor of Sverdlovsk region Evgeny Kuivashev signed agreement on cooperation in trade-economic, scientific-technical, ecological, humanitarian and cultural spheres between Tatarstan and Sverdlovsk region.
On June 20, Russian Minister of Communications and Mass Media Nikolai Nikiforov and Minister of Education and Science Dmitry Livanov, who arrived in Kazan, were met by Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov, Minister of Information and Communication Roman Shaikhutdinov, Minister of Education and Science Engel Fattakhov at Kazan international airport.
On June 20, Governor of Sverdlovsk region Evgeny Kuivashev, who arrived in Kazan with a working visit, was met by Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov and Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov at Kazan international airport.
On June 20, Secretary of the Security Council of Russia Nikolai Patrushev, Tatarstan Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov took part in closing ceremony of the 5th International meeting of high representatives supervising security issues.