On 12 December, speaking at a business forum held in the Turkish Province of Bursa, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov said that Tatarstan attaches special attention to expanding cooperation with Turkey aimed at strengthening Russia-Turkey relations. 

“We are deeply grateful to Presidents of our countries – Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Governments of both countries for the support given to joint Tatarstan-Turkey projects”, he said.

On 12 December at his meeting with the Governor of the Turkish Province of Bursa Yakup Canbolat, the Mayor of Bursa Alinur Aktaş  and the Chairman of the Board of the Bursa Chamber of Commerce and Industry  İbrahim Burkay , Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov thanked the hosting party for its help in implementation of joint projects of Tatarstan and Turkish business. “Your country is one of the main partners of Tatarstan. Turkish partners have invested about 2bn dollars into our republic”, he said. 

On 12 December Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, who is on a working visit in the Province of Bursa, Turkey, had a meeting with the founder of the GÜRİŞ Holding and the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Dektash Company Tevfik Yamanturk.

On 12 December Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, who heads a delegation from the republic comprising heads of large industrial enterprises and representatives of business, came on a working visit to Turkey to take part in a business forum in the Province of Bursa. 

On 10 December at their meeting in Dzhizak, delegations from Dzhizak regional Administration headed by Hokim Ergash Saliyev and of the Tatarstan Government headed by Deputy Prime Minister of the republic Roman Shyakhutdinov , which came on a working visit to the Dzhizak IT-Park and the branch of the Kazan Federal University  in the city, discussed the current state of bilateral trade and economic cooperation and reached new agreements such as further diversification of structure and volumes of bilateral trade and promotion of national export.

On 10 December, speaking at a regular meeting in the Government house of the republic, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov said that spreading of virus infections can be observed in the republic, including the last week’s 14 per cent rise of Corona and 25 per cent of flue and ARVI. 

On 10 December, speaking at a videoconference meeting held by Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov with all regions of the republic in the Government house with participation of the regional Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin, Tatarstan Minister of Construction, Architecture and Utilities Sector Marat Ayzatullin reported about implementation of regional and federal programmes of capital refurbishment and engineering infrastructure modernization.

On 10 December Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov attended a lecture given by the Dean of the Department of Economics of the Moscow State University, Professor Aleksand Auzan in the Government House of the republic. 

On December 9, on the Day of Heroes of the Fatherland, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov and the State Counselor of the republic Mintimer Shaimiev unveiled a memorial plaque in honor of the Hero of the Soviet Union, a participant of the World War II Boris Kuznetsov.

Address of First Deputy Prime Minister of Tatarstan Rustam Nigmatullin on the occasion of the Heroes of the Fatherland Day