In his congratulatory address to military aviators and Air Force veterans, Tatarstan First Deputy Prime Minister Rustam Nigmatullin said: “Today on August 12 our country is celebrating the Air Force Day which is a symbol of long heroic service to the Motherland and devoted fulfillment of the military duty. For all times aviation was and still is the most mobile and maneuverable kind of the Russian Army which decently secures the safety of the country and protects its interests at the air borders.

On 11 August Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov together with the administration of the regional Ministry of Agriculture came on a working trip to Apastovo region where he got acquainted with the harvest campaign and met local farmers.

The head of the region Ayrat Ziganshin informed the guests that the farmers have to harvest more than 70 000 hectares using 88 combine harvesters and the average yield makes 35.6 centners per hectare. 

On 11 August the videoconference held by Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov with the administration of the TAIF Group of Companies summarized outcomes of the Group work in 2021 and brief results of the work for the period starting from 1995.

 

The Russia- a Country of Possibilities platform has started registration of the All-Russia competition Start the Game participant to search and develop talents in gaming industry, the finals of which will be held in Innopolis. The aim of the new project supported by Russian President Vladimir Putin is to unite all game developers, game-designers, programmers and all those who would like to start their career in gaming. 

On 10 August, opening a meeting of commissions reviewing applications to work at Naberezhnyye Chelny, Zelenodolsk and Chistopol Priority Social and Economic Development Areas (PSEDA)  held in the Government house of the republic with participation of the regional Minister of Economy Midkhat Shagiakhmetov, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin reminded that when summarizing outcomes of PSEDA work in the last ten years special attention was paid to the fulfillment of liabilities undertaken by these territories.  

On 9 August, speaking at a briefing in the Government house of the republic, Tatarstan Minister of Sports Vladimir Leonov informed that Kazan will hold 11 of 39 kinds of sports competitions of the First All-Russia sports and athletic contest among Russian entities which starts on August 10.

On 6 August, speaking to participants of the air show “I choose the sky” held in Kazan with participation of the Managing Director of the Tupolev Company V. Korolev, Director General of the Kazan Helicoter Plant V. Ginzburg and the Acting Rector of the Kazan Aircraft University T. Alibayev, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin welcomed everyone on behalf of Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov and the Government of the republic.

On 6 August, reporting about the rate of housing construction and implementation of federal and regional programmes of construction of social and cultural facilities and public spaces at a videoconference with all regions of the republic held by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin in the Government house of the republic, Regional First Deputy Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing and Utility Sector of the republic Aleksey Frolov said that capital overhaul of socially important and cultural facilities as well as modernization of the utility sector infrastructure are in full swing following the regional and federal programmes.

On 4 August at their meeting in the Crimea, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, the Head of the region Sergey Aksenov and the Mufti of the republic Emirali Ablayev discussed issues of construction of a Cathedral Mosque in Simferopol, which will house 2 500 people.

Speaking at a briefing in the Tatarstan Cabinet of Ministers, the Deputy Chairperson of the State Tourism Committee Gulnara Safina has said that more than 1.5 million tourists have visited the Kazan Kremlin for the last half a year.