Rustam Minnikhanov meets with Qatar delegation at Kazansummit'13
2 October 2013, Wednesday
On October 2 at his meeting with Undersecretary of Qatar Ministry of Economy and Commerce Sultan Al-Khater within the framework of V international investment forum Kazansummit Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov said that Tatarstan and Islamic countries have common history, culture and religion, but at the same time business relations are not well developed. He added that Kazansummit is a window on Russia for Islamic world.
Rustam Minnikhanov continued that Tatarstan offers comfortable conditions for investments.
Sultan Al-Khater said his first day in Tatarstan left good impression on him, and added that OIC countries are willing to develop relations with Russia.
Rustam Minnikhanov said that Tatarstan leadership closely follows Qatar economic development. He summarized that the current meeting would make Tatarstan and Qatar closer to each other.
Vice-speaker of the Federation Council Ilyas Umakhanov, Aide to Tatarstan President on international issues Radik Gimatdinov, Chief Executive of Tatarstan Investment Development Agency Linar Yakupov, Chairman of Chamber of Commerce and Industry Shamil Ageev took part in the event.
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.