On 15 April, speaking at a briefing in the Government House of the republic, the Tatarstan First Deputy Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources Ilnur Gubaydullin informed that 268 illegal waste dumps have been revealed since the beginning of the two-months cleaning campaign which started on 1 April of the current year as a support to the national project “Ecological Wellbeing”.

 

On 15 April at their meeting in the Government House of the republic, the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and the Chairwoman of Russian Central Election Commission Ella Pamfilova discussed such topics as the work of the election system at the regional and municipal levels and exercising electoral rights of citizens. The parties also discussed the experience of the republic using its electoral system as an example.

On 13 April in his address to residents of the republic on the occasion of the Maecenas and Benefactor Day, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin wrote: “Today Russia is celebrating an important and meaningful holiday -  the Maecenas and Benefactor Day  which is the symbol of the recognition and respect of those who demonstrate generosity and bounty making the world a better place.

On 12 April during his working trip to Moscow the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov took part in the X youth forum “Bridge Moscow-Tatarstan” held at Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation  with participation of  the Rector of the University Stanislav Propkofyev, outstanding athletes Danis Zaripov and Rinat Dasayev and other famous people.

On 12 April, speaking at a meeting in the Government House of the republic, the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov gave an errand to heads of municipalities to take the maintenance of improved yards under their stricter control.

Before this the Director of the Fund “The Institute of Development of Tatarstan Cities: Nailya Zinnatullina informed that the preparation of yards to the construction season has been completed and today their residents will be shown resulting schemes of yards improvement according to the Our Yard programme.

On 11 April at their meeting in the Government House of the republic, the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and the Chairman of Just Russia – for the truth Party Sergey Mironov, who came on a working trip to Kazan, discussed activities of the party local unit in the republic. It has been working since 2003 with 50 local units and 3 994 members all over Tatarstan.

On 11 April the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov visited a new Kamil Mosque opened in the Volga district of Kazan today. After Friday prayer held by the Mufti of the republic Kamil Samigullin, Rustam Minikhanov looked round the facilities of the mosque, its interior and the prayer room and congratulated the congregation with the important event.

He thanked everyone - including organizers, builders and philanthropists - who took part in the construction of the mosque and expressed his hope that it will serve the believers.

On 10 April at their meeting on the sidelines of the Russian Venture Forum in Kazan, the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minikhanov and Russian Minister of Higher Education and Science Valeriy Falkov discussed plans for further cooperation in the sphere of higher education and science, in particular the renovation of the infrastructure of Engineering Chemical and Technological Institute of Kazan National Research Technological University, ramping up work of universities in training engineers and scientific developments for technological leadership and a number of other important issues. 

On 10 April, speaking at a ceremony of opening the XIX Russian Venture Forum held at the Kazan Expo Exhibition Center on 9-11 April with the Russian Minister Valeriy Falkov, the Managing Director of the Russian Association of Venture Investments Albina Nikkonen and other high rank officials, the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov said that the Russian Venture Forum is an efficient platform for exchanging the gained experience and best practices, achieving agreements with business partners on implementation of joint projects and for giving an impetus to the development of domestic innovational system. 

On 10 April in the zero day of the Russian Venture Forum moderated by the Director of the Association of Innovative regions of Russia Aleksandr Smekalin and with participation of 1000 people, including experts, investors, representatives of startups and venture funds, large corporations and development institutions, Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister Roman Shaykhutdinov took part in a plenary discussion “The role of regional clusters and economic zones in shaping a venture deals flow”, where its participants discussed factors influencing the venture investments market, the role of key market players in stimulating the investments activity and the most efficient measures of state support in this sphere.