On March 19, Tatarstan Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov attended a conference of Tatarstan students at the UNICS (Kazan). The election of the fifth president of the Tatarstan Student League will take place within the framework of the event.

On March 19, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov took part in a roundtable session “Agriculture and the food industry” within the framework of the 6th Russia-Japan Investment Forum.

On March 19, at his interview to NHK (a Japanese TV and radio company) Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov noted that the spectrum of potential cooperation between Japan and Tatarstan is extremely wide and diverse.

On March 19 at their meeting within the framework of the 6th Russia-Japan Investment Forum Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov and Executive Officer, Deputy Chief Director of Global Sales of Sanoh Industrial Hiroshi Adachi discussed issues of cooperation in the field of production of automobile parts in Tatarstan.

On March 19 Russian Deputy Minister of Energy Anton Inyutsyn, Tatarstan Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Khamza Bagmanov, Rector of Kazan State Power Engineering University Edward Abdullazyanov visited the Centre of competence and energy-saving technologies at Kazan State Power Engineering University, a platform for developing state-of-the-art energy-saving technologies.

On March 18, at a briefing at Tatarstan Government House, it was reported that in worst-case scenario 216 settlements in 42 municipalities (6,910 houses and 18,846 people) may be affected by spring flooding in Tatarstan. Moreover, 75.3km of motor roads, 36 road bridges, 48 socially important and 27 economic facilities may be affected as well. There are no oil, gas and product pipelines, as well as animal burial sites in the possible flood zone.