On July 16, Interim President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov, Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin, Head of Tatarstan President’s Administrative Office Asgat Safarov, Aide to Tatarstan President Olesya Baltusova, Chairman of the Tatarstan State Committee on Tourism Sergei Ivanov took part in official opening of the Printing House that was refurbished into “Nogai” hotel complex in Kazan. The hotel will be receiving participants of FINA World championship in the nearest time.
The distinguished guests visited the book store of the Tatar publishing house, saw the exposition dedicated to life and work of a famous Tatar poet Musa Jalil, and the historical hall of Tukai writer’s club.
Speaking at the event, Minnikhanov said that the building is a very important cultural heritage site and thanked architects, restorers and historians for their work.
Director of “Nogai” hotel complex Vitaly Bolshakov noted that the second life was given to the building due to work of architects and builders. The sum of 1.2 billion roubles was invested into reconstruction works. The hotel offers 167 economy and business class rooms, gym, two restaurants, two conference halls, and multi-storey car park for 270 lots.
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.