Ildar Khalikov meets with representatives of Ertico – ITS Europe
26 February 2014, Wednesday
On February 26 at their meeting in Kazan Tatarstan Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov and Director of Ertico – ITS Europe Partnership Services and Communication Department Rasmus Lindholm discussed cooperation in the sphere of traffic safety, immediate response in road accidents, ensuing of safe transportation of vehicles and freight through international transport corridors in Russia and EU countries.
Welcoming Rasmus Lindholm, Ildar Khalikov noted that the company has long dealt with projects on improving road safety in Europe, and this is an urgent issue for many countries.
He reminded as well that two big sports events, summer Universiade 2013 and winter Olympic Games in Sochi, were held in Russia, when traffic safety issues were especially important.
Head of the Ministry of the Interior Artem Khokhorin, Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Information and Communication Roman Shaikhutdinov, Head of State Road Safety Inspectorate Rifkat Minnikhanov took part in the meeting.
Tatarstan President's Press Office, Elena Britvina
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.