Rustam Minnikhanov holds meeting with EBRD President
24 September 2013, Tuesday
On September 24 within the framework of Russia-Singapore business forum Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov met with President of European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Suma Chakrabarti.
Mr Chakrabarti said that when investors ask him about the best Russian region to establish successful cooperation with, he always mentions the Republic of Tatarstan.
He believes that Tatarstan takes the first place among Russian regions in terms of investment potential.
On September 22-24 2014 EBRD officials are going to visit Tatarstan to estimate investment opportunities. Mr Chakrabarti said he is looking forward to visiting Tatarstan, especially the Special Economic Zone “Innopolis”.
Rustam Minnikhanov said that this project is one of the largest in Russia. He also informed that some laws that guarantee tax preferences and safety of investments for potential investors had been passed in Russia.
Tatarstan President also told about major projects being implemented in Tatarstan, in particular, construction of motorway “Europe-Western China”, multimodal logistics centre, construction of high-speed railway “Moscow-Kazan”. He believes that the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development may render financial support upon implementation of these projects.
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.