Rustam Minnikhanov and Evgeny Kuznetsov visit Kazan Cooperative Institute
30 May 2013, Thursday
On May 30 during their meeting at Kazan Cooperative Institute Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov and Board Chairman of Central Union of Consumer Cooperatives Evgeny Kuznetsov looked over the building, lecture rooms, conference hall and other premises.
The decision about allocating 260 mln rubles for construction of new lecture rooms and reconstruction of old building was made in April 2012 and now there are a new gym, a library, a computer class and lecture rooms.
Rustam Minnikhanov was told that currently 4,7 thousand students study at Kazan Cooperative Institute.
Rustam Minnikhanov and Evgeny Kuznetsov were accompanied by Minister of Agriculture and Food Marat Akhmetov, rector of Kazan Cooperative Institute Ildar Nasretdinov, Board Chairman of Tatarstan Consumer Union Makhmut Fattakhov, Minister of Education and Science Engel Fattakhov.
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.