On 19 December, speaking at the XIX congress of the Association of the Tatarstan Council of Municipalities held with participation of the Chairman of the regional State Council Farid Mukhametshin and the Prime Minister of the republic Aleksey Pesoshin, the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov said that the main challenge for all of us under current conditions is the successful completion of the special military operation (SMO) and the whole country is mobilized for providing a victory.

On 19 December the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and the Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin took part in a ceremony of handing in new 29 trolleybuses manufactured in Belarus to the City of Kazan held in front of the City Hall.

On 19 December before the beginning of the XIX congress of the Association of the Tatarstan Council of Municipalities, the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov took part in the All-Russia charity action “The Fir Tree of Wishes” and took post cards with wishes of four children from the New Year tree.  

On 19 December before the beginning of the XIX congress of the Association of the Tatarstan Council of Municipalities, the Prime Minister of the republic Aleksey Pesoshin took part in the All-Russia charity action “The Fir Tree of Wishes” and took  post cards with wishes of six children from the New Year tree. 

On 18 December at their meeting in the Government House of the republic, the Rais of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and the Russian Deputy Prosecutor General Nikolay Shishkin discussed issues of interaction in a number of spheres.

On 18 December at their meeting in Navoi, the Rais of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov, who came to Uzbekistan on a working trip,  and the Hokim of Navoi region Normat Tursunov discussed issues of construction of the special industrial park “ Navoi complex of development of Industry” at the Free Economic Zone (FEZ) in Navoi region.

On 17 December during his working trip to Bukhara the Rais of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov accompanied by the Hokim of Bukhara region Botir Zaripov visited the construction site of the Special Industrial Park “Bukhara complex of development of Industry”.  Tatarstan helps Uzbekistan colleagues with its consultation on the park establishment and currently there is a construction of two shops for manufacture of polymer pipes and polyethyleneterephthalate fiber with the total area 93 thousand square meters which will be commissioned in the second quarter of 2025.

On 17 December in the afternoon the Rais of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov came on a working trip to Bukhara where he will visit the construction site of the Special Industrial Park “Bukhara complex of development of Industry” and have a meeting the Hokim of the region to discuss current issues of implementation of joint projects.

On 17 December at their meeting in Baku the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev handed in the Rais of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov the Order Dostlug (Friendship) for his special merits in the development of friendly, economic and cultural bonds between Azerbaijan and Tatarstan. 

On 17 December the Rais of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov had a meeting with the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev who received him in his residence. 

Speaking at the meeting, Rustam Minnikhanov thanked for an invitation to visit Azerbaijan as it was agreed during the visit of Ilham Aliev to Kazan when he took part in the events of the BRICS summit and emphasized: “We highly appreciate an opportunity to expand cooperation with your country within the frame work of friendly Russia-Azerbaijan relations.”