On January 23, speaking at a briefing at Tatarstan Government House, Director of Investment and Venture Fund of the Republic of Tatarstan Ainur Aideldinov and Director of Pulsar Venture Capital Pavel Korolev reported that the 14th regional contest “The Best 50 Innovative Ideas for Tatarstan” and the programme of innovative projects “Idea-1000” were launched in Tatarstan.

On January 23, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov sent telegrams with greetings to Director General of KAMAZ Automaker Sergey Kogogin, Head of KAMAZ-Master team Vladimir Chagin and members of the team on the occasion of their victory at Dakar-2018.

On January23, speaking at a summing-up meeting of the regional State Committee on Tourism on the results of work in 2017, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin said that tourism industry has become one of the most dynamically developing branches of Tatarstan economy over the last years. 

On January 22, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov arrived on a working visit in Davos (Switzerland) to take part in the World Economic Forum (22–24 January, 2018).

On January 22, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin took part in a summing-up meeting of the State committee on procurement.

On January 22, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin took part in a meeting of the regional Ministry of Culture to sum up the results of its work in 2017 and set tasks for 2018.

On January 20, in the Government House of the republic, at a video-conference held by Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov with participation of all regional municipalities and Prime Minister of the republic Aleksey Pesoshin, Tatarstan Minister of Agriculture and Food Marat Akhmetov reported that there are 81 breeding farms, 19 breeding plants and 62 multiplication farms operating in the republic. The majority of breeding farms, namely 60, are in dairy cattle breeding, including 15 breeding plants.

On January 20, speaking at a traditional video-conference with participation of all regional municipalities in the Government House of the republic, Minister of Construction, Architecture, Housing and Utilities of the republic Irek Faizullin said that as of January 19 as many as 183,700 square meters of housing have been commissioned in Tatarstan, which makes 102 per cent as compared to the same period last year.

On January 19, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov took part in a summing-up meeting of the regional prosecutor’s office.

Tatarstan Prosecutor Ildus Nafikov made a keynote report on the results of work in 2017.

On January 19, speaking at a summing-up meeting of the regional Ministry of Construction, Architecture, Housing and Utilities, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin said that the construction complex of Tatarstan is one of the largest sectors of the economy, which accounts for 10 per cent of the gross added value of the republic with a share of employment in the construction making 7.9 per cent of the workforce.