Ildar Khalikov: “Contest “50 best innovative ideas” is trustworthy”
11 December 2013, Wednesday
On December 11 at a solemn presentation of awards to winners of an annual regional contest “50 best innovative ideas for the Republic of Tatarstan” Tatarstan Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov said that the growing interest of participants and business in the contest is evidence of its trustworthiness.
To the point, contest “50 best innovative ideas for the Republic of Tatarstan” is organized by Investment and Venture Fund of the Republic of Tatarstan. This year the contest winners were awarded prizes in 8 nominations. Partners of the contest “Ak Bars Bank”, “Tatneftekhiminvest-holding”, “Svyazinvestneftekim” presented their own prizes.
Speaking at the awarding ceremony, Tatarstan Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov noted that it is a good tradition to sum up results of the contest at the end of the year. “This year about 1500 participants submitted their applications to take part in the contest. It means that the contest is trustworthy, everybody can participate and stands a chance. The interest of federal partners and business in the contest is growing,” Ildar Khalikov said.
Tatarstan Prime Minister presented awards to winners in nomination “Perspective”.
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.