Rustam Minnikhanov and Alexey Miller open first gas pipeline in Innopolis
27 August 2015, Thursday
On August 27, Interim President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov, Deputy Chairman of Gazprom Board of Directors Alexey Miller and Director General of Gazprom Transgaz Kazan Rafkat Kantyukov took part in opening gas pipeline in the Innopolis city, Tatarstan.
Rustam Minnikhanov thanked leadership of Gazprom company for their work that was done in a short time and assured that Innopolis will be beneficial for the company in many areas.
When construction of all facilities of Innopolis will be finished the volume of gas consumption will make 100, 000 cubic meters per year. Therefore, realization of the second stage of the project “Gas pipeline – Elizavetino village” will be continued.
A new 500 mm gas pipeline and an automated gas distribution station will be built to provide necessary amount of gas in future. According to the investment project, all works are to be finished in 2016.
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.