Rustam Minnikhanov meets with President of International Association of Athletics Federations
7 July 2013, Sunday
On July 7 at their meeting in Kazan President of the International Association of Athletics Federations IAAF Lamine Diack, President of Russian Track and Field Athletics Federation Valentin Balakhnichev, and Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov discussed prospects of participation of Tatarstan athletes in the forthcoming World Championship in Athletics to be held in Moscow in August 2013.
Tatarstan Deputy Minister of Youth Affairs, Sport and Tourism Khalil Shaikhutdinov, President of Tatarstan Track and Field Athletics Federation Khafiz Salikhov took part in the meeting.
Lamine Diack, who arrived in Kazan to the World Summer Universiade, noted high level of organization of the Students Games and Track and Field competitions in particular.
To the point, Track and Field Athletics competitions will be held at the Central stadium in Kazan from July 7 to 12. Athletes will compete for 50 sets of medals.
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.