Rustam Minnikhanov: We hope that KAMAZ and BMC will become reliable partners
18 May 2015, Monday
On May 18, at his meeting with leadership of BMC, the biggest Turkish vehicle manufacturer, Interim President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov expressed his hope that KAMAZ and BMC would become reliable partners.
Executives of BMC welcomed Rustam Minnikhanov and told about their meeting with representatives of KAMAZ company, where prospects of mutually beneficial cooperation were discussed and a decision about creation of two working groups for developing joint projects in the sphere of civil and defence was made.
Minnikhanov told that KAMAZ is one of the biggest enterprises in Russia and is of strategic importance for the country’s defence industry. In its turn, BMC is the main vehicle manufacturer in Turkey. Therefore, Russian and Turkish enterprises have good prospects for cooperation.
Vehicles produced at BMC were shown to Minnikhanov.
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.