On 20 February, speaking at a plenary session of “Leadership and sustainability of Russian Energetics “of the Forum of National Achievements in Moscow, the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov informed: ”Our  republic is an oil-producing region of Russia with more than 35m tonnes of oil produced a year. We have been producing oil since 1943 with the first well bored during the WWII, and since then we have produced more than 3.5bn tonnes of oil.”

The Russian Government has confirmed introduction of a regulatory sandbox in the sphere of digital innovations of operating drones in Innopolis, the corresponding decree on which is published on the government site.

Russian President Vladimir Putin supported the extension of the project on creating advanced engineering schools until 2030, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko said. The total amount of co-financing until 2026 will be about 60 billion roubles. Another 20 more such schools have been selected, which will start operating in the new academic year. Thus, the entire system of advanced engineering schools will cover 50 universities in 23 Russian regions.

On February 19, at their meeting in the Kazan Kremlin, the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov, Chairman of the Board of Directors of FESCO Transportation Group Andrey Severilov and the Director General of the State Tretyakov Gallery Elena Pronicheva discussed the possibility of organizing an exhibition of the State Tretyakov Gallery in the Kazan Kremlin.

On 17 February at their meeting in the Government House of the republic held with participation of regional Deputy Prime Minister Leyla Fazleeva and the Minister of Culture of the republic Irada Ayupova, the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and the Chairman of the Board of the Soyuzmultfilm Studio, who is also the Director General of Gorkiy Film Studio  Yuliana Slascheva discussed further development of a multimedia center of “Soyuzmultpark” in Kazan and new spheres of cooperation of Tatarstan and the Soyuzmultfilm.

On 17 February, speaking at a meeting held by the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov with participation of regional Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin in the Government House of the republic, the Director of the Fund “The Institute of Tatarstan Cities Development” Nailya Zinatullina reported about implementation of the regional “Our Yard” programme and informed that the work on procurement of equipment has been completed for today. She said that specifications for the total amount of 845m rubles have been passed to the general vendor “Tatleasing” for compilations of the resulting specification followed by placing orders with the producing plants and signing agreements.

Speaking at a regional meeting in the Government House of the republic, the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov stated that when hosting the international multi-sports tournament of the Games of the Future it is important to ensure well-coordinated work of all organizers and services at all sites.

On 16 February at their meeting in the Government House of the republic, the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and the Commissioner for the Russian President for the Rights of Business People Boris Titov discussed federal and regional measures for supporting entrepreneurs, decreasing administrative pressure and protection of rights and legal interest of business in the whole. 

On 16 February a number of agreements were signed during a joint meeting of the Operational Headquarters on Provision of social and economic Stability in Tatarstan, the collegium of the regional Ministry of Economy and the Russian State Duma Committee of Economic Policy held at the Volga State University of Physical Training, Sports and Tourism in Kazan.

On 15 February Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister Roman Shaykhutdinov, representatives of the Innopolis University and Vice-president of Rostelecom Company in development, the member of the University Expert Council Dariy Khalitov took part in a meeting held by Russian Minister of Science and Education Valeriy Falkov in Moscow, where universities-participants of the unique project of advanced engineering schools made reports for 2023.