Rustam Minnikhanov meets Governor of the Ivanovo region Pavel Konkov
14 May 2015, Thursday
On May 14, at his meeting with Governor of the Ivanovo region Pavel Konkov at the Kazan Kremlin, Interim President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov said that the Ivanovo region is the center of textile industry of Russia, and is also known for production of building machinery.
Minnikhanov noted that Tatarstan supplies trucks and cars, food and household products to Ivanovo. Jewelry, fabrics, furniture and meat products are brought from Ivanovo to the republic.
Under the agreement signed between Tatarstan and Ivanovo in 2009 on modernization of textile industry, construction of a plant for producing polyethyleneterephthalate in Tatarstan, and a plant for producing chemical fiber and yarns in Ivanovo is planned.
Rustam Minnikhanov noted that this project was included in the list of priority investment projects of Volga gas and petrochemical cluster.
Pavel Konkov thanked Rustam Minnikhanov for the meeting and added that there are friendly and business relations between the regions.
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.