International meeting of heads of security agencies opens in Kazan
5 June 2013, Wednesday
On June 5 Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov participated in the 12th Meeting of heads of security services and law enforcement agencies of foreign states – partners of the Federal Security Service in Kazan.
About 100 delegations from 60 countries and 5 international organisations, heads of Russian federal ministries and agencies (about 300 people) were expected to take part in the event.
This event is a specialized international forum aimed at consolidation of efforts of security services and law enforcement agencies to work out unified approaches and coordination of measures on counteracting terrorist threats. It is one of tools of practical realization of the Counter-terrorism Strategy of the UN Security Council.
The first meeting was held in 2002 in St.Petersburg.
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.