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 18 May ay the CIPR conference in Nizhniy Nogorod the Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister Roman Shaykhutdinov, the Rector of the Innopolis University Aleksandr Gasnikpov and the Vice-rector of the University Yevgeny Bobrov will take part at round tables session of the conference.
Experts will discuss the role of Tatarstan and Innopolis as one of the key technological centers of the country and how regional innovative platforms help to solve tasks of the whole Russian industry. A special emphasis will be placed on the digital transformation of the oil and gas sector and how large clusters and scientific and technological centers are becoming drivers of industry change.
On 16 May, speaking at a meeting in the Government House of the republic held by the regional Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin with participation of the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the Minister of Agriculture and Food of the republic Marat Zyabbarov reported that the sowing of spring crops is in full swing in the republic with 1m 38 thousand hectares or 61 per cent of the planned have been sown.
On May 14, on the sidelines of the XVII International Economic Forum “Russia-the Islamic World: KazanForum”, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin and Head of the Federal Service for Accreditation Dmitry Volvach signed an agreement on interaction and cooperation in the development of the halal industry.
On May 14, Prime Minister of Tajikistan Kokhir Rasulzoda, who arrived on a working visit in Kazan to take part in the events of the XVII International Economic Forum “Russia-the Islamic World: KazanForum”, was met by Prime Minister of the republic Aleksey Pesoshin and other officials at the Kazan International Airport.