Delegation of Novosibirsk region headed by the Governor Vasily Yurchenko arrived in Kazan with two-day working visit (June 6-8).
President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov, First Vice-premier Ravil Muratov, Director of Department for external relations – Aide to RT President on international issues Iskander Muflikhanov met the delegation at international airport “Kazan”.
Novosibirsk delegation comprises representatives of Ministry of industry, trade and entrepreneurship development, Ministry of economic development, Ministry of culture, Ministry of education, science and innovative policy and other structure of executive power.
The program of working visit is rather intensive and informative. On June 7 guests will be told about course of preparation for Universiade 2013. Several objects of sport infrastructure (Universiade Village, Centre of volleyball “St. Petersburg”), development of projects “Electronic Tatarstan”, “Electronic Government” (on the basis of IT-park), and work of federal electronic site will be demonstrated to Novosibirsk delegation. Later on members of delegation will visit a house built using energy-saving technologies (on the territory of technopolis “Himgrad”).
Agreement about trade-economic, scientific and technical, social and cultural cooperation between Tatarstan Republic and Novosibirsk region will be signed later on. Moreover, Agreement on scientific and technical cooperation between Institute of catalysis named after G.K. Boreskov of Siberian branch of Russian Academy of sciences and JSC “Tatneftehiminvest-holding” is also planned for June 7.
The trip to JSC “TANECO” (Nizhnekamsk) and SEZ “Alabuga” (Elabuga municipal region) is planned for June 8.
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.