Rustam Minnikhanov visits a number of Universiade competitions in Kazan
11 July 2013, Thursday
On July 11 Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov visited a number of competitions, including wrestling, beach volleyball and badminton final match, being held in Kazan within the framework of Summer Universiade.
Rustam Minnikhanov together with the President of Russian Wrestling Federation Mikhail Mamiashvili watched free-style wrestling qualification tournaments at Ak Bars Wrestling Palace.
Rustam Minnikhanov also visited the beach volleyball match between Russian and Oman men’s teams. Russia's beach volleyball players Yury Bogatov and Sergey Prokopyev won the match.
Rustam Minnikhanov shared his impressions about the quality of TV broadcasting of Universiade competitions with journalists.
At Tennis Academy Rustam Minnikhanov together with Russian Minister of Sport Vitaly Mutko and FISU President Claude-Louis Gallien watched final women’s doubles match between China and South Korea. The South Korean couple won the match.
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.