Session of Russia-Turkey Public Forum held in Kazan
20 November 2013, Wednesday
On November 13 a session of Russia-Turkey Public Forum was held in Kazan. To the point, the forum was established in accordance with results of the first session of High-Level Russian-Turkish Cooperation Council and the order of Russian President and Turkish Prime Minister. Russia-Turkey Public Forum is a platform for discussing new ways and formats of cooperation and recommendations on strengthening Russian-Turkish cooperation, including relations between civil societies of both countries.
The session that opened today in Kazan is the first one within the framework of the forum from the moment of its establishment. The event aims at developing public relations and understanding between two countries in a number of areas, including culture and art, education and science, mass media, business relations, tourism, interreligious dialogue, law, etc.
More than 100 representatives of Russian and Turkish scientific, cultural, business communities, public organizations, and leaders of governmental and non-governmental organizations are taking part in the forum.
Head of Rossotrudnichestvo Konstantin Kosachev, Chairman of the Commission on foreign affairs of Grand National Assembly of Turkey Volkan Bozkir, Russian President's Special Representative for International Cultural Cooperation Mikhail Shvydkoi, Tatarstan Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov took part in a solemn opening ceremony.
The session began with a minute’s silence in memory of those who died in Boeing 737 crash at Kazan international airport on November, 17.
Welcoming participants of the session, Tatarstan Prime-Minister thanked for choosing Kazan to host the forum. According to him, it is of special importance that the event is held on the threshold of a session of High-Level Russian-Turkish Cooperation Council to be held in Saint-Petersburg on November,22.
Two memorandums of cooperation between Hayat Holding and Sberbank and between Coskunoz Alabuga and Sberbank were signed today. To the point, both companies are implementing projects at SEZ “Alabuga”.
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.