On 4 September the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov took part in a business dinner of Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Prime Minister of Malaysia Anwar Ibrahim which was organized after their official negotiations.
Earlier this day Rustam Minnikhanov had a meeting with the Malaysian Prime Minister where they discussed a number of issues concerning cooperation of South-East Asian countries with Russian companies, with Tatarstan in particular.