Tatarstan President meets with Turkish Minister of Economy
4 September 2013, Wednesday
On September 4 Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov met with Turkish Minister of Economy Zafer Chaglayan within the framework of Tatarstan-Turkish business forum in Kazan.
Opening the meeting, Rustam Minnikhanov said that after the visit of Turkish President and Prime Minister to Kazan and a session of Russian-Turkish intergovernmental commission in Kazan, eight Tatarstan-Turkish forums the relationships between Tatarstan and Turkey have entered an absolutely new level. 278 joint enterprises are functioning in Tatarstan, 4 big projects are being implemented at Special Economic Zone “Alabuga”.
Rustam Minnikhanov thanked Turkish business organisations for supporting relationships with Tatarstan, and Turkish Airlines for organization of direct flights between Kazan and Istanbul.
Turkish Minister of Economy, in his turn, noted that it is important for Turkey to develop relations with Tatarstan. He continued that the amount of Turkish investments in Tatarstan makes 2 bln rubles, and many Turkish companies are willing to run their business in Tatarstan.
Finally, Rustam Minnikhanov and Zafer Chaglayan took part in opening of Tatarstan-Turkish business forum.
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.
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