Tatarstan signs communiqué with Turkish provinces Eskişehir and Bursa
1 June 2013, Saturday
On June 1 at his meeting with Governor of Eskişehir province Güngör Azim Tuna and Governor of Bursa province Şahabettin Harput at Anemon hotel (Eskişehir, Turkey) Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov signed communiqué on further development of relationships between Tatarstan and Eskişehir and Bursa provinces.
Turkish Minister of National Education Nabi Avci, Ambassador of Russia to Turkish Republic Vladimir Ivanovsky, Aide to Tatarstan President on international issues Airat Sibagatullin, Board Chairman of Chamber of Commerce and Industry Shamil Ageev, First Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Ruslan Kabirov were present at the meeting.
Güngör Azim Tuna welcomed Rustam Minnikhanov and said that joint prospective projects and arrangements would promote development of mutually beneficial relationships between Tatarstan and Turkey.
“Turkey is the main partner of Tatarstan in trade-economic, cultural, scientific, educational and humanitarian spheres. Is speaks about high level of partnership relations between us,” Rustam Minnikhanov said, in his turn.
To the point, the international organisation TURKSOI announced Eskişehir city the cultural capital of Turkic world in 2013, Kazan – in 2014. The Tatar national holiday Sabantui will be held today in Eskişehir.
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.