On August 26 at their meeting at Tatarstan Government House Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov and Head of Fielding and Nair International Jay Litman discussed the project of international school establishment in a cottage township “Yasnaya polyana”.
The presentation of the school project was made during the meeting. According to project developers, the school will be the first in the region that will meet all the requirements of an international educational institution. Foreign teachers will give classes in the English language both for local and international students using special educational programmes.
The project is developed by Fielding and Nair International which implemented more than 100 similar projects in more than 40 countries. The company’s Head Lay Litman told about advanced educational techniques applied at schools and design concept features of the future school.
Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov appreciated the project. “Your approaches are very interesting, teaching methods are creative. The same methods and approaches are used by our Singapore colleagues, with whom we are now working on modernization of our school education,” Rustam Minnikhanov noted addressing Jay Litman.
“The school will be in high demand in the region. Many foreign businessmen, athletes come to Kazan. They need school for their children. This school will be interesting for investors and scientific communities,” Tatarstan President said.
Rustam Minnikhanov asked Tatarstan Minister of Education and Science to render assistance in obtaining all necessary documents. “I think, this school is a priority project for the city and the region,” Tatarstan President said.
“We hope to continue cooperating on further new projects with your company. We are now building the new city “Innopolis” and we also will need the advanced school there,” Rustam Minnikhanov said addressing Lay Litman at the end of the meeting.
Kazan Mayor Ilsur Metshin, Tatarstan Minister of Education and Science Engel Fattakhov 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.