Board Chairman of Russian Pension Fund: “We thank Tatarstan leadership for developing information technologies”
17 December 2013, Tuesday
On December 17 Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov took part in an extended session of Russian Pension Fund at Kazan City Hall, where Board Chairman of the Fund Anton Drozdov said that Tatarstan Department is one of the most up-to-date in terms of implementing modern information technologies.
Opening the session, Anton Drozdov thanked Rustam Minnikhanov for invitation to hold the session in Tatarstan. He said that the republic is known as the leader in the sphere of electronic technologies, and Tatarstan Department of Russian Pension Fund is one of the most up-to-date in this area.
According to Tatarstan President, Tatarstan steadily holds leading positions in federal ratings and has become one of the most investment-attractive regions in Russia. Tatarstan is in top 5 regions by GRP, capital investments and the share of investment products.
Tatarstan Department of Russian Pension Fund that fulfills all set tasks successfully plays an important role in social and economic life of the republic, it is one of largest departments in Russia the President said. The strategic priority task of the department development is increasing quality and availability of state services.
Board Chairman of Russian Pension Fund Anton Drozdov made report on preliminary results of work for 2013 and tasks for 2014. He informed that the average rate of the retirement pension made 10741 rubles, average pension of persons disabled as a result of war injuries made 24280 rubles, participants of the Great Patriotic War – 25283 rubles, average social pension made 6459 rubles.
According to Anton Drozdov, almost 78 mln people have funded component of pension that requires proper administration. Therefore, the pension savings guarantee system is being implemented.
Anton Drozdov highly estimated work of Tatarstan Department of Russian Pension Fund.
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.