On 17 June upon his arrival to the Baku International Airport, the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov, who came on a working visit to Azerbaijan accompanied by the Director General of the KAMAZ Automaker Sergey Kogogin, was met by the special representative of the Azerbaijan President Vahid Rasim oğlu Hacıyev and the Minister-Counselor of the Russian Embassy in Azerbaijan Polad Bulbuloghlu, who is also Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Azerbaijan to Russia.

On June 16, at their working meeting on the sidelines of the St Petersburg International Economic Forum, the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Dmitry Chernyshenko discussed the preparations for the international tournament "Games of the Future" to be held in Kazan in 2024.

On June 16, the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Dmitry Chernyshenko took part in the ceremony of signing agreements between non-profit organization "Agency for the Development of Computer and Other Sports" and PositiveTechnologies Company, Digital Economy non-profit organization, SberEntertainment Company and Sollers Company.

On June 16, at their meeting on the sidelines of the St Petersburg International Economic Forum, the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Volga Federal District Igor Komarov discussed working issues related to the implementation of a number of projects and socio-economic situation in the region in general.

On 16 June on the sidelines of the St Petersburg International Economic Forum the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov took part in a ceremony where on behalf of Tatarstan the Minister of Digital Development of the republic Ayrat Khayrullin signed an agreement on cooperation in IT sphere between the Government of the republic and “1C” Company and an agreement on cooperation between the Government of Tatarstan and the Element Company.

 

On 16 June speaking at a presentation of the National investments climate ranking of Russian entities made by the Director General of the Agency for Strategic Initiatives Svetlana Chupsheva at the St Petersburg International Economic Forum, the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov named three important spheres which help the region to hold the bar high in the ranking. 

On 16 June the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov took part in a presentation of the National investments climate ranking ofRussian entities, where the Director General of the Agency for Strategic Initiatives Svetlana Chupsheva, who made the presentation at the St Petersburg International Economic Forum, informed that Tatarstan ranks second after Moscow in this ranking.

 

On 16 June at his meeting with the Minister of Economy of the UAE Abdullah bin Touq Al Marri on the sidelines of the St Petersburg International Economic Forum, the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov informed that at its level Tatarstan actively facilitates strengthening of Russia-Emirates relations, and the trade turnover between the United Arab Emirates and Tatarstan is growing, having reached 71m dollars in 2022.

 

On 16 June at their meeting on the sidelines of the St Petersburg International Economic Forum the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and the Russian figure skater and Olympic champion Alina Zagitova discussed a project of opening Zagitova’s  figure skating school for talented children in Tatarstan.

On 15 June at his meeting with the Uzbekistan Deputy Prime Minister Jamshid Khodjayev on the sidelines of the SPIEF-23 the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov said: “I would like to express you appreciation for special attention attached to development of our interaction aimed at strengthening relations between Uzbekistan and Russia.”