Tatarstan Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov is on a working visit in Barcelona
25 July 2013, Thursday
On July 25 Tatarstan Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov arrived in Barcelona to visit sports venues being used within the framework of 15th FINA World Championship, and study international experience in holding such competitions.
FINA World Championship is being held in Barcelona, the capital of Catalonia province, on July 19- August 4. 2500 sportsmen are taking part in competitions.
520 mln people all over the world are watching FINA World Championship. This year High Diving was included in the programme for the first time in the history of world FINA championships.
Today’s evening Ildar Khalikov is going to visit Palau Sant Jordi Palace in Barcelona, and the exposition “Kazan 2015".
Tatarstan Prime Minister will also visit water polo, synchronous swimming, platform diving competitions, learn about administration, access and security systems at sports venues.
Ildar Khalikov is accompanied by heads of Tatarstan ministries, specialists of autonomous non-profit organisation “Executive Office of the 27th World Summer Universiade 2013 in Kazan”.
Tatarstan Prime Minister’s working visit will last till July 28.
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.