Ildar Khalikov visits Genetec headquarters in Montreal
12 March 2014, Wednesday
On March 12 during his working trip to Canada Tatarstan Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov visited Genetec headquarters in Montreal.
Founded in 1997, Genetec Inc. is a pioneer in the sphere of IP video surveillance systems and technology leader in the sphere of physical protection means. With headquarters in Montreal, the company has offices located in the USA, Europe, Middle East and East Asia. Genetec supports its innovative products via its international service.
At his meeting with Ildar Khalikov, Company’s founder, Director General, and President Pierre Racz presented the number plate recognition system, noting that Genetec projects are being implemented in Turkmenistan and Russia (Moscow, St. Petersburg).
Commenting on the presentation, Ildar Khalikov said that many software products are used in Tatarstan for ensuring traffic safety. He continued that such solutions that help to prevent overspeeding and control observance of traffic regulations may be useful for Tatarstan.
Ildar Khalikov also told about Avtodoria software solution, a vehicle speed measurement system.
Tatarstan Prime Minister summarized that cooperation with such companies as Genetec can help reducing costs and increase efficiency of researches.
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.