Dmitry Medvedev visits Innopolis University and speaks to participants of World Robotics Olympiad
9 June 2015, Tuesday
On June 9, Chairman of Russian Government Dmitry Medvedev arrived in Kazan to take part in opening of the innovative city of Innopolis and hold a session of the Council for modernization.
Accompanied by Interim President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov, Russian Minister of Communications and Mass Media Nikolay Nikiforov, Russian Minister of Education and Science Dmitry Livanov, and other officials Medvedev looked around the building and spoke to participants of World Robotics Olympiad.
Young engineers from different Russian cities presented their projects in the sphere of robotics.
Dmitry Medvedev wished good luck to participants of the Robotics Olympiad.
Rector of Innopolis University Aleksandr Tormasov made a short presentation of the university. He told about uniqueness of the university, the team of teachers and tasks on development of the university.
The main purpose of the Innopolis University is training of highly professional staff for IT industry.
Medvedev visited student campus, sports complex and other facilities.
Tatarstan President's Press Office, Elena Britvina
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.
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