On July 12 Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Kazan. He was met by First Deputy Chairman of Russian Government Igor Shuvalov, Plenipotentiary of Russian President in Volga Federal District Mikhail Babich, Russian Minister of Sport Vitaly Mutko, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov at the international airport “Kazan”.
Vladimir Putin is going to visit a number of sports venues constructed for 27th World Summer Universiade 2013 in Kazan. Upon arrival he visited the Rowing Centre, where he had a conversation with sportsmen. They thanked the President for perfect organisation of Summer Universiade.
Vladimir Putin, in his turn, thanked Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov saying that great work was done for the project implementation.
According to Vladimir Putin, all funds were allocated for the city development, construction of sports venues and roads. Kazan greatly changed and it has become a wonderful European city, he said.
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.