On 2 December at a solemn ceremony held in Korston Kazan recreation and shopping center, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin  awarded winners of the XVIII Regional competition of “50 best ideas for Tatarstan”, where more than 150 people were handed in monetary awards from 25 to 220 000 roubles.

On 2 December in Kazan, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin held an expanded meeting of the Supervisory Board of the Tatarstan Investments and Venture Fund with participation of the Director of the Fund Aynur Aydeldinov and representatives of ministries and departments of the republic and scientific and business communities.

On 2 December Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov gave a speech at a plenary session of the Russia-Uzbek business-forum held in Samarkand with participation of Heads of governments of Russia and Uzbekistan.

On 1 December Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov came on a working visit to Samarkand (Uzbekistan) to take part in the Russian-Uzbek business forum held with participation of the Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin and Uzbekistan Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov

On 1 December Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, Deputy Chairman of the Sber Board of Directors Stanislav Kuznetsov and the Senior Vice-president Andrey Belevtsev, who is also the head of the Sber Technologies block, took part in a solemn ceremony of opening the second technological hub for Sber employees, who develop digital products and services.

On December 1, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov took part in the event dedicated to the 230th anniversary of the birth of the scientist, mathematician, one of the rectors of Kazan University (1827-1846) Nikolay Lobachevsky and laid flowers at his monument at the Arsk cemetery in Kazan.

On 30 November in the Government house of the republic, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov  held a regular meeting of the Board of Directors of the Tatneft Oil Company which discussed results of the financial and economic work of the company for nine months of the current year.

On 30 November at their meeting in the Government house of the republic, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov and the President of Russian Academy of Sciences Gennadiy Krasnikov, who came on a working visit to Kazan, discussed issues of further interaction with the regional scientific institutes and development of the applied science.

On 29 November, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, who came to Baku as a head of a delegation from the republic, had a meeting with the Prime Minister of Azerbaijan Ali Hidayat oglu Asadov. 

On 29 November during his working trip to Baku, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov had a meeting with Azerbaijan Minister of Economy Mikail Djabbarov. 

“Our visit is related to necessity of further ramping up the development of cooperation and first of all in the economic sphere”, Rustam Minnikhanov said and noted the high interest of Tatarstan enterprises in the Azerbaijan market and the importance of personal business contacts. He said that business forums are an efficient means enabling presentation of the potential of a territory in the whole and of separate companies.