On 22 February the President of Russia Vladimir Putin accompanied by the Deputy Chairman of the Russian Government Marat Khusnullin and the Rais of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov visited a multifunctional roadside service zone at the M-12 highway, where he came driving a KAMAZ truck.
Vladimir Putin got acquainted with prospects of the development of the new highway which in planned to go further to Vladivostok. He was also told about services provided to drivers at the zone, with 32 of them planned to be built at the highway.