Tatarstan President meets with executives of Radiance Hospitality Group
6 March 2014, Thursday
On March 6 at their meeting during the forum “Invest in Tatarstan” Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov and executives of Radiance Hospitality Group discussed issues related to the implementation of the project on the construction of hotel and office center at Smart City Kazan as well as other projects.
The Singapore Radiance Hospitality Group will be the investor of the construction and operator of the hotel and office complex as well as the University of tourism and hospitality at Smart City Kazan.
To the point, yesterday RHG and Sberbank signed a preliminary agreement on financing the hotel construction within the framework of the forum “Invest in Tatarstan”.
Chief Executive of Tatarstan Investment Development Agency Linar Yakupov reported on the progress of the project implementation. The hotel complex will consist of two 20-storey buildings with an area of 20,000 m² each.
In addition, issues related to establishing the University of management and tourism were discussed at the meeting. The executives of the Singapore company told about their intention to open the University before building the facilities in Smart City Kazan. Rustam Minnikhanov asked to find appropriate facilities in this regard.
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.