On November 2, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, who arrived with a two-day working visit in Cuba, was met by Ambassador of Russia to Cuba Mikhail Kamynin at Havana international airport.
During his visit Rustam Minnikhanov will meet Vice-President of Cuba Miguel Diaz-Canel and visit the Centre of genetic engineering and biotechnologies.
The main event of the visit will be participation in opening of Russian exposition and Day of Russia at the 32nd Havana International Fair (FIHAV), where a number of agreements will be signed. Tatarstan President will deliver a speech at a business forum “Russia-Cuba. Ahead and together” .
Also, Rustam Minnikhanov will meet Minister of Foreign Trade and Investments – Co-Chairman of Intergovernmental Russia-Cuba commission on trade-economic and scientific-technical cooperation Rodrigo Malmierca and President of Cuban Chamber of Commerce Orlando Guillén.
Rustam Minnikhanov is accompanied by Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Industry and Trade Ravil Zaripov, Aide to Tatarstan President on international and foreign economic affairs Radik Gimatdinov, Director General of OAO “KAMAZ” Sergey Kogogin, Director General of OAO “Tatneft” Nail Maganov, Board Chairman of Tatarstan Chamber of Commerce and Industry Shamil Ageev, Chief Executive of Tatarstan Investment Development Agency Taliya Minullina.
On 14 September Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin took part took part in the elections of the Rais of the republic and cast his vote on the polling station on Chetaeva Street in Kazan.
There are four candidates taking part in the elections of the Head of the republic, namely Rustam Minnikhanov form the One Russia Party, Khafiz Migralimov from the KPRF, Vitaliy Smirnov from the Russian Party of Pensioners for Social Justice and Ruslan Yusupov from the LDPR.
On 9 September at a briefing in the Government House of the republic and dedicated to issues of organizing and holding the single day of voting, the Chairman of the Central Election Commission of Tatarstan Andrey Kodratyev told that the elections of the Rais of the republic, of members of the local self-government bodies as well as the additional elections of a member of the State Council of the republic from the Melecess constituency will be held on 14 September.
On September 8, speaking at a meeting of the organizing committee and jury members of the XXI Kazan International Film Festival "Altyn Minbar", which was held in the capital of Tatarstan from September 5 to 9 under the motto "Through the dialogue of cultures - to the culture of dialogue", Deputy Prime Minister of the republic Vasil Shaykhraziev, who chaired this meeting, thanked the jury members for their attention to the festival and noted its growing authority. "The Kazan International Film Festival continues to develop, its geography and number of participants are expanding. This year we are celebrating a record number of applications, which indicates the importance of our forum," he emphasized.
On 8 September in his address to financiers dedicated to their professional holiday, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin congratulated them with the Day of Russian Financier and wrote: “The financial system is the foundation of the stability of the republic and a guarantee of the sustainable development of economy.