Rustam Minnikhanov meets Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlut Cavusoglu
29 April 2015, Wednesday
On April 29, Acting Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov met Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlut Cavusoglu in Ankara to discuss prospects of further bilateral cooperation.
Talking about cooperation between Russia and Islamic world, Mevlut Cavusoglu said that Kazan international summit of Islamic business and finances KazanSummit plays a big role in strengthening of these relations.
Rustam Minnikhanov thanked the minister for the meeting and noted that Russia pays much attention to economic cooperation with Muslim countries. He reminded that by the order of Russian President Vladimir Putin the group of strategic vision “Russia-Islamic world” headed by Rustam Minnikhanov started working again.
Minnikhanov added that KazanSummit is a good opportunity to demonstrate investment potential of Russian regions and readiness of Russia for developing cooperation with Islamic world.
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.