Awarding of first badges of honour “For contribution to development of Parliamentarism” takes place
30 May 2015, Saturday
On May 30, at solemn meeting of deputies and public representatives, dedicated to 25th anniversary of establishing parliamentarism in contemporary history of Tatarstan Republic, the first Tatarstan President, Tatarstan State Counsellor Mintimer Shaimiev, Chairman of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly Valentina Matvienko, Acting President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and such public figures as Indus Tagirov, Valentina Lipuzhina and Deputy of Tatarstan State Council Razil Valeev were awarded with the badges of honour “For contribution to development of Parliamentarism” for the first time.
The badge of honour “For contribution to development of Parliamentarism” was instituted in April, 2015. It is awarded to Russian and foreign citizens who have made a special contribution to developing Russian and Tatarstan legislation, parliamentary, civil society, democracy and inter-parliamentary relations and strengthening legitimateness, as well as for active social and political activities, long-term fruitful work in legislative (representative) bodies.
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.