Tatarstan President meets with OIC Secretary General
2 October 2013, Wednesday
On October 2 Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov met with OIS Secretary General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu at Tatarstan Government House.
Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu is taking part in the 5th international economic forum of Russia and OIC countries Kazansummit’13 in Kazan. Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov thanked Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu for active participation in development of relations between Russia and OIC countries and support of Kazansummit forum.
OIC Secretary General admitted that he was impressed by Tatarstan’s achievements. He also said that probably this is his last visit to Tatarstan as OIC Secretary General. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu’s term of office expires in three months. Nevertheless, OIC Secretary General is sure that cooperation between Tatarstan and OIC will continue.
Vice-Speaker of Federal Council Ilyas Umakhanov, Deputy Chairman of Tatarstan State Council Rimma Ratnikova took part in the meeting.
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.