Tatarstan President visits outdoor entertainment sites in Kazan
27 December 2013, Friday
On December 27 Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov accompanied by Kazan Mayor Ilsur Metshin visited the New Year Tree in the Millennium park, ice village near the Puppet Theater and ice skating rink at Kazan Arena stadium.
Rustam Minnikhanov saw festive performance near the New Year Tree and talked to citizens in the Millennium part.
Tatarstan President also looked around construction works in the ice village located near the Puppet Theater. According to builders, the village is expected to be open on December 30. Ice sculptures, snow fortresses to play snowball and ice-hills will be located there.
Later on the same day, Rustam Minnikhanov together with Ilsur Metshin tried the ice skating rink at Kazan Arena Stadium and drank tea at an outdoor café afterwards.
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.