On November 6, Tatarstan State Counsellor, a member of the Board of Guardians of Russian Chess Federation Mintimer Shaimiev met President of the World Chess Federation (FIDE) Kirsan Ilyumzhinov at the Kazan Kremlin.
The first president of Kalmykia Kirsan Ilyumzhinov has been the President of FIDE since 1995, and he was reelected on September 30 this year.
Mintimer Shaimiev has been senior advisor to FIDE President since 2011.
Kirsan Ilyumzhinov invited Mintimer Shaimiev to World Chess Championship 2014 between the current world champion, Magnus Carlsen from Norway, and challenger Viswanathan Anand from India that will open in Sochi on November 7.
Mintimer Shaimiev thanked Kirsan Ilyumzhinov for the invitation and said that Tatarstan is also preparing for an important event - Russian Chess Superfinal that will be held in Kazan on November 27 – December 7, 2014. The event will be held within the framework of the programme “Chess in museums” at Khazine art gallery at the Kazan Kremlin.
Kirsan Ilyumzhinov said that he wanted to visit Kazan tournament after World Chess Championship in Sochi.
Hero of the Soviet Union Tatarkhan Kubanov, Deputy Prime Minister Vasil Shaikhraziev, First Deputy Minister of Youth Affairs and Sport Khalil Shaikhutdinov 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.