Tatarstan President holds negotiations with RUAG Aerospace management
17 October 2013, Thursday
On October 17 during his working trip to Germany Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov met with RUAG Aerospace management in Erfurt.
RUAG is a Swiss technology company with 7700 employees and offices in Switzerland, Germany, Sweden, Austria, Hungary, Australia, Malaysia and USA. The company caries out activity in the sphere of aviation, space, technologies, ammunition supplies and defence industry.
RUAG Aerospace Services GmbH Director General Mr Aleksandr Muller presented a modernized turbo-prop aircraft for interregional passenger and cargo transportation Dornier 228. The aircraft can be used in civil sector, armed forces, and search and rescue operations.
Tatarstan President and company’s management discussed prospects of cooperation between RUAG Aerospace and Tatarstan enterprises in aircraft engineering.
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.