On 26 January in his congratulatory address to customs officers on the occasion of the International Day of Customs Officers, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin said: “For the first time this holiday was celebrated in 1983, when the World Customs Organization was 30 years old.

On 25 January, speaking at a regional meeting held in the Government House of the republic, the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov said that the day of the complete liberation of Leningrad from the fascist blockade is an important event for all Russian citizens.

“On the coming Monday our country will celebrate the Day of Military Honour of Russia – the 8tst anniversary of the complete liberation of Leningrad from the fascist blockade which lasted for 872 days and became one of the most heroic pages of the Great Patriotic War (WWII),” he said and informed about various events dedicated to this date to be held in the republic.

On 25 January, speaking at a regional meeting held in the Government House of the republic, the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov congratulated all residents of Tatarstan with the Russian Students Day.

On 25 January, speaking at a meeting held by the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov with participation of the regional Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin in the Government House of the republic, the Minister of Agriculture and Food of the republic Marat Zyabbarov reported about introduction of digital technologies into agribusiness of the republic.

He said that by the results of 2024 the republic became the leader in the ranking of the digital transformation of agribusiness and in the ranking of regions in agribusiness innovations.

On 25 January, speaking at a meeting held by the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov with participation of the regional Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin in the Government House of the republic, the Minister of Construction Marat Ayzatullin reported that the minimum plan for 2025 is to commission 3m 260 thousand square meters of housing, including 1m 416 thousand square meters of multi-apartment investments residences and 162 thousand square meters by the social mortgage programme.

On 24 January at their meeting in the Bashir Rameev IT Park in Kazan, the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and the Chairman of the Board of the Russian Highways State Company Vyacheslav Petushenko discussed issues of further development of regional highways network as well as the development of federal and international highways going through the republic.

On January 24, in the Bashir Rameev IT-park in Kazan, the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov visited the special exhibition of IT-solutions, which was organized under the summing up meeting of Tatarstan Ministry of Digitalization of Public Administration, Information Technologies and Communications.

On 24 January the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and the Chief Federal Inspector for Tatarstan Viktor Demidov took part in an expanded meeting of the collegium of the Directorate of the Russian Investigation Committee for the republic held by the Head of the Directorate Valery Lipsky and dedicated to results of work in 2024.

On 24 January at their meeting in the Government House of the republic, the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and the Transport Prosecutor of Volga region Maksim Surov, who was appointed to the position by a decree of Russian President Vladimir Putin in October 2024, discussed such topics as law enforcement, observance of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the sphere of railway, air and internal water transport and the customs.

On 24 January at their meeting in the Government House of the republic, the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and the Head of the Glavgosekspertiza of Russia Igor Manylov discussed issues of cooperation in carrying out state expertise of capital construction facilities and other important topics, including the complex approach to construction processes.