President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov has sent telegram with condolences to President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbaev in connection with crash of passenger plane near Alma Ata. 16 passengers and 5 members of the crew died.

All-Russia meeting of management team of the Ministry of emergency situations and civil defence forces chaired by Russian PM Dmitry Medvedev was held in Krasnogorsk. President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov participated in the event.

A meeting dedicated to organization of works at objects of the ancient town of Bolgar in 2013 was held at the Kazan Kremlin. The meeting was held by Tatarstan’s State Counselor, Chairman of the Board of guardians of the Republican Foundation for historical and cultural monuments Mintimer Shaimiev.

Tatarstan’s PM Ildar Khalikov has met with members of Korean delegation. To the point, representatives of Korean Republic are staying in Kazan on January 29-30 within the framework of their visit to Russian Federation (Moscow) to exchange experience in the sphere of treasury information systems and their integration with external information systems.

President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov met with delegation of Turkish businessmen, participants of the 4th Russian-Turkish automotive forum. Tatarstan’s Minister of industry and trade Ravil Zaripov, Aide to the RT President on international issues Radik Gimatdinov, Chief executive of the Tatarstan investment development agency Linar Yakupov participated in the meeting at the RT Government House.