14 bln rubles to be spent for construction of Innopolis and Smart City Kazan
21 January 2014, Tuesday
On January 21 at a briefing at Tatarstan Cabinet of Ministers Minister of Construction, Architecture, Housing and Utility Sector Irek Faizullin informed that 13 bln rubles were allocated for construction of objects in Innopolis, and 1 bln rubles - for Smart City Kazan.
16 houses, a technopark, IT University, objects of transport and engineering infrastructure will be built in Verkhny Uslon region in 2014. By and large, 200 thousand m² of property is to be commissioned.
In August 2013 the first start-up complex with total area of 52 hectares was supplied with gas.
Within the framework of Smart City Kazan project in Laishevo region investment sites will be provided with necessary engineering and transport infrastructure. Agreements with some foreign investors on constructing objects in Smart City were signed last year in October. They are to be commissioned in the 3d quarter of 2015.
The Minister reminded that construction of engineering infrastructure is funded by federal and regional budgets.
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.