On February 18, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, who took part in a joint session of Ministry of Industry and Trade and Ministry of Economy of the republic, said that in 2014 the gross regional product of the republic amounted to 1.631 trillion roubles, while the amount of investment in fixed assets made 542 billion roubles.

On February 17, Tatarstan Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov, who took part in a session of the Council of Vysokogorsky region dedicated to results of the social and economic development of the region in 2014 and tasks for 2015, said that the region has fully implemented all the tasks set in 2014 and managed to significantly improve many of the indicators.

On February 17, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, who is on a working trip to Novocheboksarsk, took part in a session of the Presidential council on economic modernization and innovative development of Russia chaired by Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.

On February 17, Tatarstan State Counsellor, Chairman of the Board of Guardians of “Revival” Foundation Mintimer Shaimiev, Deputy Chairman of State Council, CEO of “Revival” Foundation Tatyana Larionova, Head of Spassky region Kamil Nugaev, Deputy Minister of Culture Svetlana Persova took part in the event dedicated to the 5th anniversary of “Revival” Foundation in Bolgar.

On February 17, at a briefing on sanitary-epidemiological situation in the Republic of Tatarstan, Head of the Federal Supervision Agency for Customer Protection and Human Welfare in Tatarstan, chief sanitary doctor Marina Patyashina said that 14 flu cases were registered in the republic. The level of flu and ARVI is non-epidemic, however, flu levels continue to rise every week, she added.