Tatarstan President meets with Head of New York Institute for Transportation and Development Policy
8 December 2013, Sunday
On December 8 Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov met with President of New York Institute for Transportation and Development Policy Enrique Peñalosa, who came to Kazan by personal invitation of Kazan Mayor Ilsur Metshin. On December 9-10 one of leading experts in urban planning will deliver lectures for government and municipal employees, businessmen and students.
In 1998-2001, as a Mayor of Bogota, Enrique Peñalosa turned the city into an international example to follow. He currently holds the posts of Board Chairman of New York Institute for Transportation and Development Policy, a member of Guardian Board of Southern California Institute of Architecture, member of Consulting Committee of urban programme of London school of Economics, and research scientist of Pennsylvania Institute for urban research.
At today’s meeting Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov thanked Enrique Peñalosa for the visit to Kazan and expressed hope that lectures of such a world-famous person would contribute to development of Kazan as a modern and comfortable city for living.
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.
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