Mintimer Shaimiev arrives in Semey town in Kazakhstan
15 June 2013, Saturday
On June 16 Tatarstan delegation led by State CounselorMintimer Shaimiev arrived in Semey town in Kazakhstan Republic to take part in Tatar national holiday “Sabantui”.
Chairman of State Council Committee on culture, sciences, education and national issues Razil Valeev, Head of Administration of Nurlat region Nail Sharapov, Deputy Minister of Culture Guzel Nigmatullina, Chairman of Executive Committee of the World Congress of Tatars Rinat Zakirov, Consul General of Kazakhstan in Kazan Askhat Nuskabai are on the delegation.
Guests from Tatarstan Republic will also visit the museum of a famous Kazakh poet and public figure Abai Kunanbaev, and look over the exhibition of Tatarstan People’s Artist Kamil Mullashev who lives in Kazakhstan.
Moreover, a meeting with members of the Tatar diaspora and ethno-cultural centres, trees planting in the park founded by Tatarstan Ministry of Forestry and Kazakhstan company “Baiterek-Zheu”, visit to the Central Mosque and Tatar school of arts are on the agenda.
In the evening Tatarstan delegation will take part in presentation of state prizes of Tatarstan Republic to members of the Tatar diaspora and the concert of Tatarstan masters (the Abai theatre).
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.