On December 19, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov took part in the charity event “Christmas Wish Tree”, which is traditionally held on the eve of the New Year at the State Council of the republic. Children from orphanages, social shelters, socially disadvantaged families write letters to Ded Moroz, which are put on a Christmas Tree installed in the lobby of the State Council.

On December 18, at the Kazan Kremlin, at his meeting with Governor of the Kemerovo region Sergey Tsivilev, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov said that Tatarstan and the Kemerovo region are two economically powerful regions of Russia that should develop comprehensive cooperation.

On December 18, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov took part in a videoconference held by Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Medvedev on handling municipal solid waste (MSW).

On December 21, at the Korston Entertainment Complex, speaking at the 13th Congress of the Council of Municipalities of the republic with participation of 956 delegates – heads of municipalities, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov said that according to the results of 2018, the gross regional product will exceed 2 trillion 750 billion roubles. The volume of the industrial output is expected to be 2 trillion 750 billion roubles, the estimated industrial production index is expected to be 101.9 per cent.

On December 18, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov handed over keys to new official vehicles to heads of rural settlements and municipal facilities of the republic. Moreover, municipalities received another batch of school buses.

On December 17, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov took part in the annual ceremony of awarding the best athletes of Tatarstan “Athlete of the Year”.

On December 17, at the Government House of the republic, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov had a meeting with representatives of UBC Group Company, manufacturing refrigeration equipment, led by its Head Igor Gumennuy.

On December 17, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov held a regular videoconference of the Association of Innovative Regions of Russia with participation of governors of the regions – members of the Association.

On December 14, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin, who chairs the Rugby Federation of the republic and is a member of the Supreme Council of the Russian Rugby Federation, took part in a meeting to sum up the results of Russian rugby in 2018 and a solemn event of the Federation.

On December 14, speaking at a regional video-conference held by Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov with participation of Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin, First Deputy Minister of Construction, Architecture, Housing and Utilities of the republic Aleksey Frolov reported on the implementation of capital repair programme of multi-apartment houses and socio-cultural facilities.