On November 10, President of Finland Tarja Halonen accompanied by President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov visited IT Park in Kazan. Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Information and Communications of Tatarstan Nikolay Nikiforov acquainted Her Excellency with achievements of the republic in the field of IT technologies.
In the IT Park, the President of Finland visited the Centre for Information Technologies of the Republic of Tatarstan. Nikolay Nikiforov described the GLONASS+112 project being implemented in the republic and acquainted the head of Finland with the work of the Regional Centre for Space Services and the Call Centre.
Her Excellency was briefed on such projects as "Electronic education in the Republic of Tatarstan" and "Tatarstan e-Government". The Minister of Information and Communications also described to the high guest the project of providing Tatarstan teachers with laptops and of the results of its implementation.
On 31 March in the Government House of the republic Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister Leyla Fazleeva hold a meeting of the Commission on the Russian language under the Rais of Tatarstan, which considered key issues of supporting and developing Russian language, including new educational initiatives and discussed programmes of popularization of Russian literature and activities to preserve the language heritage.
On 28 March, speaking at a meeting held by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin in the Government House of the republic with participation of the Acting Chairman of the State Council of the republic Marat Akhmetov and all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the regional Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources Azat Ziganshin informed that the regional central cleaning up action will be held in the republic on 25 April and clarified that the location of the national cleanup day will be announced later as the site will be chosen taking into account the opinions of Tatarstan residents.
On 28 March, speaking at a meeting held by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin in the Government House of the republic with participation of the regional and the Acting Chairman of the State Council of the republic Marat Akhmetov and all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the regional Deputy Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing Utilities Sector Damir Shaydullin informed about statistics on the collection of utility bills payments from the population and data on the payment discipline of enterprises and organizations of the republic.
On 27 March, speaking at a ceremonial event dedicated to celebrations of the Day of Russian National Guard held at the Kazan City Hall with participation of the Chief of the Office of the Staff of the Rais of the republic Asgat Safarov, heads of law-enforcement bodies of the republic and veterans and employees of the territorial Directorate of the National Guard, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin said that the Russian National Guard Directorate for the republic Republic of Tatarstan is traditionally acknowledged as one of the best in the country.