Tatarstan President opens bridge across Vyatka River
5 September 2013, Thursday
On September 5 Head of Federal Road Agency Roman Starovoit, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, Minister of Transport and Roads Lenar Safin took part in a solemn opening of the bridge across Vyatka River.
Speaking at the event, Rustam Minnikhanov said that the bridge will connect two industrial centres of the republic. He thanked everyone who helped to design and build the bridge, and especially Head of Federal Road Agency.
Presentation of awards was held after official speeches. Roman Starovoit was awarded with a medal “For valorous labour”.
The bridge across Vyatka River is a section of federal highway M7. It was opened in 1976. In 2005 the Federal Road Agency decided to reconstruct the bridge.
The first part of the bridge was opened in September 2011. Reconstruction of the second part was carried out under the federal programme and cost 2.5 mln rubles.
The federal highway M7 is the busiest road in the republic, with daily traffic of 12 thousand cars.
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.