On March 18 at their meeting in Kazan, Tatarstan State Counsellor, Chairman of Guardian Council of the Regional Foundation “Revival” Mintimer Shaimiev and Chairman of supervision council of State Corporation "Housing and Utility Reform Foundation" Sergey Stepashin discussed issues for further cooperation between Tatarstan and Housing and Utility Reform Foundation.
During the meeting, Mintimer Shaimiev presented a cultural and historic project of federal significance “Cultural heritage: the Ancient Town of Bolgar and Island Town of Sviyazhsk” to the guest and told about what had been done in the last years, drawing special attention to sites reconstructed and built under the auspices of the Foundation “Revival”.
Sergey Stepashin shared his impressions about his visit to the island town of Sviyazhsk in December 2012.
Mintimer Shaimiev thanked Sergey Stepashin for his support of the Foundation “Revival”.
Board Chairman of the State Corporation "Housing and Utility Reform Foundation" Konstantin Tsitsin, Minister of Construction, Architecture, Housing and Utilities Irek Faizullin, Deputy Chairman of Tatarstan State Council Alexander Gusev and Chief of Staff of the Administrative Office of Tatarstan President Asgat Safarov took part in the meeting.
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.