Rustam Minnikhanov meets British Petroleum (BP) President in Russia David Campbell
23 June 2015, Tuesday
On June 23, at their meeting at Tatarstan Government House Interim President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and President of the British Petroleum (BP) in Russia David Campbell discussed prospects of further cooperation between the republic and BP Russia.
David Campbell informed Minnikhanov about the work of the British oil and gas company in Russia and long-term cooperation with the Kazan Federal University. He said that he had visited the university before to hand in diplomas to BP fellows and young research teams, which won the grants.
At the end of the meeting Minnikhanov handed in the Letter of Thanks of the President of the Republic of Tatarstan to Campbell for his contribution to the development of higher education system in the republic.
Aide to Tatarstan President Rinat Sabirov, Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Industry and Trade Ravil Zaripov and Rector of the Kazan Federal University Ilshat Gafurov attended the meeting as well.
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.