Tatarstan President arrives in Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
21 March 2014, Friday
On March 21, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov arrived in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea with a working visit. Russian Ambassador in the DPRK Alexander Timonin met Rustam Minnikhanov at the Pyongyang airport.
During his visit to Korea Rustam Minnikhanov will meet with Korea's Minister of Foreign Trade, Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People’s Assembly and attend a number of events. Members of the delegation will hold meetings at relevant ministries.
Tatarstan First Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Ruslan Kabirov, Tatarstan First Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food Nikolay Titov, Board Chairman of Tatarstan Chamber of Commerce and Industry Shamil Ageev, Director General of OAO “Tatneftekhiminvest-holding” Rafinat Yarullin, Chairman of Board of Directors of OAO “TAIF” Rustem Sulteev, Vice-principal of Kazan Federal University Marat Safiullin are on the Tatarstan delegation.
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.