On 17 December the Rais of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov had a meeting with the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev who received him in his residence. 

Speaking at the meeting, Rustam Minnikhanov thanked for an invitation to visit Azerbaijan as it was agreed during the visit of Ilham Aliev to Kazan when he took part in the events of the BRICS summit and emphasized: “We highly appreciate an opportunity to expand cooperation with your country within the frame work of friendly Russia-Azerbaijan relations.” 

On 17 December in Baku the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov laid a wreath to the grave of the National leader Heydar Aliyev and flowers to the grave of his wife Zarifa Aliyeva located on the Alley of burial place of honor which also has graves of outstanding Azeri leaders of culture, science, politics and Heroes of the Soviet Union. 

On 17 December during his working trip to Azerbaijan the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov visited the Free Economic Zone (FEZ) Alat which was established by a decree of the President in 2020 and is located close to the Baku international trade sea port. It is supposed that such location of the port will ramp up the capacity of the free economic zone in the section of the trans-Caspian route and the “North-South” international transport corridor. 

On 16 December upon his arrival to the International Airport after Heydar Aliyev in Baku, the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov, who came on a working trip by an invitation from Azerbaijan administration, was welcomed by the Minister of Economics of Azerbaijan Mikayil Chingiz oghlu Jabbarov and the Russian Plenipotentiary Ambassador to the country Mikhail Evdokimov

On 16 December, speaking at a meeting held by the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov in the Government House of the republic, the Head of the Volga-Vyatsk Directorate of the Avtodor Ildar Mingazov reported that the construction of four overhead pedestrian crossings built on the M-7 Volga highway in Tatarstan has been completed.

On 14 December the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov, the Chairman of Judicial Collegium for Economic Disputes of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation Yuri Ivanenko, the Chairman of the Volga federal region Arbitration Court Denis Plotnikov, the Chief Federal Inspector for Tatarstan Viktor Demidov and other officials took part in a ceremony of introducing the new Chairman of Tatarstan Arbitration Court Vitaliy Guilmutdinov to its staff.

On 16 December at their meeting in the Government House of the republic, the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and the Chairman of Judicial Collegium for Economic Disputes of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation Yuri Ivanenko, who came to Kazan to introduce the new Chairman of Tatarstan Arbitration Court to its staff, discussed issues of interaction and the current financial and economic situation in the region.

On 14 December the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov , the Director General of the Gazprom Transgas Kazan Company Rustem Usmanov, the Head of Nizhnekams municipality Ramil Mullin and other officials took part in a ceremony of gas release to nearly 800 private houses in the Village of Nizhnee Afanasovo of Nuzhnekamsk municipal region in the republic.

On 14 December at their meeting in the Government House of the republic the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and the Chairman of the Party of Socialists of the Republic of Moldova Igor Dodon discussed issues of potential interaction taking into consideration the current situation.

On 14 December, speaking at a regular meeting held by the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov in the Government House of the republic with all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the regional Minister of Agriculture and Food Marat Zyabbarov reported about sales of agricultural products manufactured by small farms and the most wide-spread electronic platforms for their sales.