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On 23 February during celebrations of the Defenders of the Fatherland Day Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister Roman Shaukhutdinov, regional Minister of Labour, Employment and Social Protection Elmira Zaripova, the Chairwoman of the Committee of Youth Affairs of the Kazan Executive Committee Aliya Zagidullina took part in a ceremony of laying flowers and a wreath from the Rais (Head) and Government of the republic to the Eternal Light in the Victory Park in Kazan.

On 23 February, congratulating residents of Tatarstan with the 23rd February- the Defenders of the Fatherland Day, the Prime Minister of the republic Aleksey Pesoshin said that this holiday is homage to all those who served for the benefit of the Fatherland, who is serving their military duty now and those who are going to join the Russian Army and Navy as well as all those who by peaceful labour and military valour struggle for wellbeing and stability of our state and strengthen glory and might of our great Motherland.

On 21 February, speaking at a briefing in the Government House of the republic, Tatarstan Minister of Culture Irada Ayupova informed that the Ministry is planning to create “The Embroidered Map of Tatarstan”.

On 21 February, speaking at a meeting of the Laishevo Municipality Council summarizing the social and economic development of the region in 2022 and setting tasks for 2023, Tatarstan First Deputy Prime Minister Rustam Nigmatullin, who came to the region on a working visit, said that successful development of Tatarstan in the whole is feasible only with the wellbeing of all municipalities and that is why the administration of the republic attaches great attention to the situation on sites and implementation of tasks of prospective development of territories .

On 21 February Tatarstan First Deputy Prime Minister Rustam Nigmatullin, who came on a working visit to Laishevo municipal region of the republic, accompanied by the Head of the region Ildus Zaripov visited a number of enterprises in the Stolbische Settlement.

On February 20, Deputy Prime Minister of Tatarstan Rustam Nigmatullin arrived on a working visit in Sarmanovo region of the republic to take part in the summing up meeting of the regional Council.

On 17 February, speaking at a meeting held by the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov via videoconference with all municipalities of the republic and with participation of the Chairman of the regional State Council Farid Mukhametshin and the First Deputy Prime Minister of the republic Rustam Nigmatullin in the Government house of the republic, regional Minister of Agriculture Marat Zyabbarov informed that winter crops have been sown on the area of 472 thousand hectares, including 374 thousand hectares of winter wheat and 89 thousand hectares of winter rye. He said that 40 per cent of the area has been sowed by original and elite seeds and the weekly monitoring of the Russian Agricultural Center in Tatarstan shows that 96 per cent of them are in good condition.

On February 17, speaking at a videoconference held by the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov with all municipalities of the republic and with participation of the Chairman of the regional State Council Farid Mukhametshin and the First Deputy Prime Minister of the republic Rustam Nigmatullin, First Deputy Minister of Construction, Architecture and Utilities Sector of Tatarstan Aleksey Frolov reported on how national projects, regional and state programmes are implemented in Tatarstan.

On 16 February Tatarstan First Deputy Prime Minister Rustam Nigmatullin and the Deputy Head of the Federal Service of Court Bailiffs General-Lieutenant Elena Zakharkina (who joined the meeting via video conference) took part in a meeting of the Chief Department of the Federal Service of Court Bailiffs in the republic which summarized results of the department work in 2022 and set forth the tasks for 2023.

On 15 February at their meeting at the KAMAZ Automaker Company in Naberezhnyye Chelny, Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister Roman Shaykhutdinov and the Director General of the Company Sergey Kogogin discussed cooperation of the Innopolis University and the enterprise in implementation of joint educational projects as well as projects in robotics.

Participants of the meeting also discussed competences of the projects and R&D Department and the scientific-industrial Robotic Center of the university.