On 23 February in his address on the occasion of the Defender of the Fatherland Day, the Rais of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov said: ’Today our country is celebrating one of the most important state holidays - the Defender of the Fatherland Day, which is the embodiment of honorary history of great victories and battles of Russia based on patriotism and unity of our people.

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.

On 22 February during his working trip to Kazan, Russian President Vladimir Putin took a flight on the strategic missile carrier TU-160M, which is the largest supersonic plane with variable-span wing in the history of military aviation and also one of the most powerful combat planes in the world.

On 22 February, speaking at his meeting with the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov during his working trip to Kazan, Russian President Vladimir Putin stressed the high level of the organization of the multi-sports tournament “The Games of the Future. “I want to thank you for your help in organizing yesterday’s event. All is done at a very high level – as usually Tatarstan does, you know how to do it. Nevertheless this event is not just of a regional and even national but of international level. And everything is very descent – appropriate for Tatarstan and appropriate for Russia,” he emphasized.

On 22 February in the Kazan Kremlin the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov had a meeting with the President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon who arrived to Kazan on 21 February to take part in a ceremony of opening the International Multi-sports Tournament “The Games of the Future”.

On 21 February in the Kazan Kremlin the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov had a meeting with the Vice-Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Chen U, who heads a delegation from China that arrived to Kazan by an invitation from Russia to take part in the events of the Games of the Future. 

On 21 February in the Kazan Kremlin the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov had a meeting with the President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov.

Welcoming his guest, Rustam Minnikhanov thanked him for his visit to the republic and for taking part in the opening ceremony of International Multi-sports Tournament “the Games of the Future”. “This is the first format in the world combining both physical sports and cyber-sport disciplines. And it is pleasant that it was invented by us in Russia,” he said and informed that more than 2 thousand athletes from more than 100 countries are taking part in the event.

On February 21, the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov had a meeting with the President of the Republika Srpska (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Milorad Dodik, who arrived on a working visit in Tatarstan to visit a number of scientific and educational institutions, historical and architectural monuments under the International Multi-sports Tournament “The Games of the Future”.

On February 21, the President of the Republic of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon, who arrived on a working visit in Kazan to take part in the events of “The Games of the Future”, was met by the Deputy Chairman of the State Council of Tatarstan Marat Akhmetov, at the Kazan International airport.

On February 21, the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, who arrived in Kazan to take part in the opening ceremony of “The Games of the Future” at the invitation of the country’s leadership, was met by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin at the Kazan International airport.