On November 21, at Tatarstan Government House, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov met leaders of delegations arrived in Kazan to attend events within the framework of the closing of the Year "Kazan - the cultural capital of the Turkic World in 2014”.

On November 20, Tatarstan State Counsellor Mintimer Shaimiev, Director General of the State Hermitage Mikhail Piotrovsky, Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey to Russia Umit Yardym, Tatarstan Minister of Culture Airat Sibagatullin, Aide to Tatarstan President Leila Fazleeva, Chairman of the Committee of Tatarstan State Council on culture, science, education and national issues Razil Valeev, Director of the State historical, architectural and art museum “The Kazan Kremlin” Zilya Valeeva, and TURKSOY Director General Dusen Kaseinov took part in a solemn opening of the exhibition “Results of all centuries. The age of historicism in Russia. 1820-1890s” at “Hermitage-Kazan” center.

On November 20, Tatarstan State Counsellor Mintimer Shaimiev met Turkish Ambassador to Russia Umit Yardym, who was appointed Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey to Russia on October 1, 2014.

On November 20, speaking at a session of the Tatarstan Presidential Anti-Corruption Council, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov said that the republic has put a lot of effort into anti-corruption work, but much remains to be done to overcome existing problems in a number of areas. Tatarstan State Counsellor Mintimer Shaimiev, heads of ministries, agencies, and heads of municipal regions took part in the session.