1 mln 174.4 thousand square meters of housing to be commissioned in the second half of 2013 in Tatarstan
12 July 2013, Friday
On July 12 at a regional meeting chaired by Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, Tatarstan Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing Irek Faizullin said that 1 mln 223.6 thousand square meters of housing (51 per cent of a year plan) were commissioned in the first half of 2013 in Tatarstan, and 1 mln 174.4 thousand square meters of housing would be commissioned in the second half of 2013.
63 of 133 houses with a total area of 204.8 thousand square meters (53.4 per cent of the annual plan) have been commissioned under social mortgage programme.
Speaking about the programme on improving war veterans’ living conditions, Tatarstan Minister of Construction reminded that 103 houses for 404 veterans were under construction.
Addressing Tatarstan President, Irek Faizullin noted that 1 mln 900 thousand square meters of housing were under construction and could be commissioned by the end of the year.
It was mentioned at the meeting, that it is necessary to speed up construction of corporate housing for police commissioners in six regions, including Apastovsky, Agryzsky, Alkeevsky, Nizhnekamsk, Chistopol, and Sarmanovsky districts.
Tatarstan Minister of Construction also asked Tatarstan State Construction and Supervision Service to monitor the housing construction process.
Irek Faizullin added that construction and commissioning of housing must be completed by September 30, 2013.
To the point, construction of houses with office facilities for police commissioners using the funds allocated by State Housing Fund has started. By and large, 21 houses in 21 municipal districts are to be constructed.
Tatarstan Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov and representatives of all municipal regions took part in the meeting.
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.