On June 29 Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, Russian Minister of Sport Vitaly Mutko, FISU President Claude-Louis Gallien, Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin, and President of Russian Sport Student Union Oleg Matytsin took part in the official opening ceremony of Universiade Village in Kazan.
Before the ceremony, Rustam Minnikhanov had visited Universiade museum at the International Information Centre.
Russian Minister of Sport Vitaly Mutko welcomed guests on behalf of the Russian Government and Universiade Organising Committee. “Tatarstan leadership has done great work so that all Universiade guests feel themselves comfortable and homey,” he said.
FISU President Claude-Louis Gallien thanked Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov and Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin for enormous preparatory arrangements they had made.
Rustam Minnikhanov reminded that it was not easy to win the right for hosting the Games. He thanked Russian President Vladimir Putin, Universiade Organising Committee headed by Igor Shuvalov, and all republican and federal structures for support.
Rustam Minnikhanov also expressed his gratitude to members of FISU Executive Committee for vested confidence and promised to hold the Games on the highest level.
Finally, Vitaly Mutko, Claude-Louis Gallien and Rustam Minnikhanov announced that Universiade Village was officially opened.
On 14 November the Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin introduced to employees of the Civil Registry Directorate of the Cabinet of Ministers of the republic their new Head Elvira Akhmetova who was appointed to the position by a decree signed on 14 November. Aleksey Pesoshin briefly informed the staff of the Directorate with Akhmetova’s professional experience and said he is sure that Elvira Akhmetova will make a good job of the task set forth to her, including strengthening the institute of the family and traditional values.
In her turn Elvira Akhmetove thanked the Rais and the Administration of the republic for high trust rendered to her.
On November 12, speaking at a briefing in the Government House of Tatarstan, the participants discussed, what the authorities of Tatarstan expect from the 2nd International Forum "ROSTKI", dedicated to cooperation between Russia and China, which will be held in Kazan this week. In addition to the business programme, a fruitful cultural programme is also planned.
On November 5, the Government House of Tatarstan hosted a briefing with participation of the Head of the Federal Tax Service Department in Tatarstan Marat Safiullin on payment of property taxes by individuals in 2024.
On 4 November speaking in the beginning of a gala-concert of the Regional Ethnic and Cultural Festival “Out Home Tatarstan” held at the Tatarstan Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre in Kazan, the Prime Minister of the republic Aleksey Pesoshin congratulated the audience with the National Unity Day and said that the history of citizens –in-arms, due to which the Time of Troubles was completed in Russia in the 17th century, is a bright example of what Russians can do by uniting for the sake of a common goal.