Rustam Minnikhanov visits Kazan International Equestrian Complex
30 August 2015, Sunday
On August 30, Interim President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov, Chairman of Tatarstan State Council Farid Mukhametshin, Minister of Agriculture Marat Akhmetov, Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin and heads of ministries and agencies of the republic attended traditional celebrations of the Republic Day at Kazan International Equestrian Complex.
Upon arrival Rustam Minnikhanov visited the exposition of local agricultural and food enterprises, and farms. Along with trotting horse races Arabian horse races were held at the Kazan hippodrome.
This year’s races were marked by the participation of jockeys from different countries competing for the special prize established by Abu Dhabi ruling dynasty. Pure Arabian horses took part in the races. Jockeys from Russia, CIS, Germany, Ireland, China, Korea, Oman, Malaysia, Hungary, Great Britain, and the UAE applied for participation in the competitions. The total prize fund was 7 mln roubles.
Journalists representing Tatarstan, Russian, the UAE, Syria, Sudan mass media agencies, and YAS TV covered the event.
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.