On October 17 Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov and Thuringia Minister of Economy, Labour and Technologies Matthias Machnig took part in opening of the economic forum “Thuringia meets Tatarstan”.
Tatarstan and Thuringia businessmen came to Pullman Erfurt am Dom hotel in Erfurt to take part in the forum.
Welcoming participants of the forum, Mr Machnig noted similarity of two regions, two economic platforms for business and territorial development. He pointed out areas of potential cooperation, in particular, petrochemistry, agricultural engineering, automotive components production, health care, investment activity. I am sure that the foundation for future joint projects that will contribute to globalization of economy, internationalization of investments, and harmony of international dialogues will be laid today, the Minister said.
Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, in his turn, said that the republic is one of economically developed and stable innovative regions in Russia, and major efforts are taken to develop competitiveness of its economy. He mentioned such projects as Innopolis, Smart City Kazan, transport corridor “West Europe-West China”, and Sviyazhsk interregional logistics centre under implementation.
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.