On December 16, speaking at a meeting held by the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov by video conference with all municipal regions of the republic and with participation of the  regional Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin, the regional Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing and Utilities Sector Marat Ayzatullin reported on the implementation of federal and regional capital repair programmes and payment discipline in housing and utility services.

On 16 December, speaking at a regional meeting in the Government House of the republic, the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov  said that opening of the M-12 highway is a milestone event for our country and the republic as never before in history of Russia such infrastructural facilities were built in such a short period of time.

On 16 December, speaking at a regional meeting in the Government House of the republic, the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov said that it is necessary to attach special attention to safety issues during the New Year celebrations.

On 15 December the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov attended the demonstration of a documentary film-research “Master of the Altay Mountains” represented by the Inter-regional Association “The Center Irbis for studies and preservation of the snow leopard”.

On 15 December, speaking at a joint collegium of Tatarstan Ministry of Finance, the Department of the Federal Tax Service for the republic and the Department of the Federal Treasury for the republic in Kazan, Russian Minister of Finance Anton Siluanov said that according to the social and economic evaluation of the Russian Ministry, Tatarstan ranks second in its main results among other entities of federation after Moscow and St Petersburg.

“All this proves that the region attaches attention to development of the investments climate and creation of conditions for business. Tatarstan has the most advanced practices and conditions for the economic growth – everything here is done for work. It was not by chance that at his press conference yesterday Vladimir Putin said that Rustam Minnikhanov is one of the most efficient best heads of Russian entities,” the Russian Minister said.

On December 15, at a joint summing up meeting of Tatarstan Ministry of Finance, the Department of the Federal Tax Service for the republic and the Department of the Federal Treasury for the republic in Kazan, Russian Minister of Finance Anton Siluanov handed in the highest award of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation- Sergey Witte medal

to the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov.

On 14 December, speaking at a meeting of the Cabinet of Minister of the republic held by the regional Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin as a videoconference with all municipalities of the republic and dedicated to measures of increasing the traffic safety, decreasing the number of car accidents and mitigation of seriousness of their consequences in the republic, the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov said that implementation of systemic measures made it possible to decrease the traffic accidents in the republic and the priority is to preserve as many people’s lives as possible.

On 14 December, the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rutsam Minnikhanov, who came on a working trip to Vysokaya Gora region of the republic, visited the second edifice of the school N1 after the capital overhaul. The building was erected in 1975 and after overhaul it housed also junior classrooms for 284 schoolchildren. 

On 14 December, the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rutsam Minnikhanov, who came on a working trip to Vysokaya Gora region of the republic, took part in a ceremonial launch of the new polymer composites extrusion production line of the Polygran Plant. 

On 13 December the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and the regional Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin took part in a ceremony of awarding winners of the annual competition”50 best ideas” in Kazan.