On January 24, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova together with Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov visited the main facilities to be involved during the WorldSkills Kazan – 2019.

On January 24, at the Kazan International Airport, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov met Russian Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova, who arrived on a working visit in Tatarstan.

On January 24, at their meeting at the Government House of the republic, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov and President of WorldSkills International Simon Bartley discussed issues of preparing and holding the WorldSkills Championship in Kazan this August.

On January 24, at their meeting at the Government House of the republic, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, Deputy CEO – Chief Engineer of the Russian Railways Sergey Kobzev and Minister of Transport and Roads of the republic Lenar Safin discussed issues of further development of joint projects.

On January 24,  at their meeting at the Government House of the republic, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov and Director General of Rosatom State Nuclear Energy Corporation Aleksey Likhachev discussed issues of further cooperation on a number of joint projects, including the preparation and holding of WorldSkills Championship 2019 in Kazan.

On January 24, at the Government House of the republic, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, State Secretary, Russian Deputy Minister of Sport Natalia Parshikova, Director General of the autonomous non-profit organization “Directorate for Sports and Social Projects” Azat Kadyrov and other officials took part in a meeting of the Supervisory Board of the Directorate.

On January 23, on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos (Switzerland), Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov together with Minister of Economic Development of Russia Maksim Oreshkin, Russian Presidential Commissioner for Entrepreneurs' Rights Boris Titov and CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund Kirill Dmitriev spoke at the session “Keeping Russia Competitive”, which discussed the development of the Russian economy, attraction of foreign investment and the role of the regions in these processes.

On January 22, on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos (Switzerland), Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov held a number of negotiations with representatives of foreign companies.

On January 22, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, who is a member the official Russian delegation led by Minister of Economic Development of Russia Maksim Oreshkin, took part in events at the World Economic Forum in Davos (Switzerland), the main theme of which is “Globalization 4.0: Shaping a Global Architecture in the Age of the Fourth Industrial Revolution'.

On January 22, speaking at the Cabinet of Ministers of the republic at a summing up meeting on the results of work of Tatarstan Customs Office in 2018, Head of the Office Albert Mavlikov said that the foreign trade turnover of the Regional Customs Office increased by 14 per cent as compared to 2017 and made 4 bln dollars, including the Volga E-Customs Service, in 2018.