On August 20 at their meeting at Tatarstan Government House Tatarstan Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov and AECOM officials - Regional Director, Russia/CIS, Transportation Vladimir Avetisyan and Managing Director, Russia Anthony Young discussed cooperation issues on a number of projects as well as preparation of complex traffic plan for holding of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Kazan.
To the point, AECOM is a global provider of management support services to a broad range of sectors, including architectural, engineering, landscape and city design, economic and strategic planning, transportation, environment and power engineering.
The company has been running business in Russia for 20 years with main offices situated in Moscow, Saint-Petersburg, Kaluga (for more information, please visit AECOM website http://aecom.com/About).
After a short presentation of the company’s activity and projects, Ildar Khalikov offered the AECOM management to consider the possibility of cooperation on Tatarstan toll highway project.
Tatarstan Minister of Transport and Roads Lenar Safin, Deputy Tatarstan Minister of Construction, Architecture, and Municipal Economy Vladimir Kudryashov, First Deputy Head of Kazan municipality Irshat Minkin, Head of Kazan subdivision of Autonomous non-profit organization “Organizing Committee “Russia 2018” and other officials 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.