On 17 May the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov took part in a ceremony of opening the Izge Bolgar Zhyene Holiday held in the Ancient City of Bolgar and dedicated to the Day when Volga Bulgaria officially adopted Islam in 922, which plaid a decisive role in the diplomatic recognition of Volga Bulgaria and expanded the borders of the Islamic world to the Middle Volga.

On 16 May the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov took part in the second meeting of the intergovernmental Russian-Mali commission for trade, economic, scientific and technical cooperation held by the Chairman of the Commission, the Russian Minister of Energy Sergey Tsivilev in the Kazan City Hall.

On 16 May the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov, the Deputy Secretary General of the UN and the High Representative for the Alliance of Civilizations Miguel Angel Moratinos took part in the in the plenary session of the ХVI Forum of Tatar religious leaders ”National Identity and Religion” held at the Kazan Expo Exhibition Center and moderated by the Deputy Prime Minister of the republic Vasil Shaykhraziev, who is the Chairman of the National Council of the World Tatar Congress.

On 16 May, speaking at a meeting in the Government House of the republic held by the regional Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin with participation of the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the Minister of Agriculture and Food of the republic Marat Zyabbarov reported that the sowing of spring crops is in full swing in the republic with 1m 38 thousand hectares or 61 per cent of the planned have been sown.

On 15 May, speaking at his meeting with the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov  at the Kazan  Expo Exhibition Center, the Deputy Prime Minister of Azerbaijan Shahin Abdulla ogly Mustafayev  congratulated him with the successful holding of the International Economic Forum "Russia – the Islamic World: KazanForum".

On 15 May, speaking at his meeting with a delegation from Egypt headed by the Minister of Industry of the country Khaled Hashem Maher on the sidelines of the International Economic Forum “Russia-the Islamic world: KazanForum” held at the Kazan Expo Exhibition Center, the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov thanked his guests for their interest to the Forum and in the whole for the interest to mutually beneficial cooperation.

On 15 May at their meeting in the Kazan Expo Exhibition Center before the plenary session of the XVII International Economic Forum “Russia-the Islamic world: KazanForum”, the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and the High Representative for the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations and the UN Special Envoy Miguel Angel Moratinos exchanged their view points on further development of relations within the framework of the Strategic Vision Group.

On 15 May on the sidelines of the XVII the International Economic Forum "Russia – the Islamic World: KazanForum", the Deputy Chairman of the Russian Government Marat Khusnullin, who is also the Chairman of the Forum Organizing Committee, took part in an annual meeting of the Strategic Vision Group “Russia-the Islamic world” held by the Chairman of the Group,  the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov  with participation of the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office in Russia Magomedsalam Magomedov, the Russian Presidential Envoy in the Volga Federal District Igor Komarov and international colleagues and religious leaders.

On 25 May during a meeting of the Strategic Vision Group “Russia-the Islamic world” held at the Bashir Rameev IT Park  in Kazan the Deputy Chairman of the Russian Government Marat Khusnullin  read out a welcoming address from Russian President Vladimir Putin of the XVII International economic Forum “Russia –the Islamic world: KazanForum” and a meeting of the Strategic Vision Group “Russia-the Islamic world”, which said: “Islam is one of the widespread religions in Russia which is confessed by millions of our citizens who are making an important contribution into the development of domestic economy and science, culture and social sphere. We strive to deepen friendly relations with all Islamic states.

On 15 May, speaking at a meeting of the Strategic Vision Group “Russia-the Islamic world” held at the Bashir Rameev IT Park   in Kazan, the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov said that today relations between Russia and the OIC countries have become more constructive and gained a holistic and multifaceted character, “which strengthened out dialogue and mutual understanding and expanded joint work boundaries”.