Rustam Minnikhanov arrives in Boston with a working visit
15 September 2013, Sunday
On September 15 Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov arrived in Boston with a working visit to take part in Russian Innovation Week, RIW.
The event is held for the second time in order to demonstrate the potential of Russian innovative industry, help Russian investors and venture funds to establish contacts with American partners.
Representatives of Russian and American state agencies, heads of major businesses, venture investors and entrepreneurs will take part in Russian Innovation Week this year. The event is organized by Russian development institutes – OAO “Russian venture company”, OAO “Rosnano” and Skolkovo Fund.
Within the framework of RIW Rustam Minnikhanov will take part in a plenary session and panel discussion “New horizons of Russia: providing new opportunities for competence at global markets”, hold several meetings and negotiations.
In particular, he will meet with Minister of Housing and Economic Development Gregory Bialecki (Massachusetts), Rector of Carnegie Mellon University Mark Kamlet, Senior partner of Runa Capitals fund, Chairman of Parallels Board Sergey Belousov, and English First officials.
Rustam Minnikhanov will also visit IPG Photonics, get familiar with activity of Massachusetts Technology Institute and Centre of quantum physics of Harvard university.
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.