On May 4, at the Jalil Tatar Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre, the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov, State Counselor of the republic Mintimer Shaimiev, Prime Minister of the republic Aleksey Pesoshin, Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin, Deputy Chairman of the Russian Military Historical Society Nikolay Ovsyenko, veterans and military personnel took part in a solemn event dedicated to the 78th anniversary of the victory in WWII.

On May 4, at the Government House of the republic, the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov chaired a meeting of the organization committee on preparation and holding the celebrations of the 78th V Day in Tatarstan.

Participants of the meeting observed a minute of silence in memory of all veterans who gave their lives for the Motherland.

On 4 April the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov,  the Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin, the Chairman of the Russian Military-Historical Society Nikolay Ovsiyenko, the Hero of Socialist Labour Nikolay Frolov and working teams of the city enterprises took part in the unveiling of the stele “Kazan –the Labour Valour City” near the North Railway Station in Kazan. 

On 4 April the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov took part in the unveiling of the monument to the Hero of the Soviet Union Boris Kuznetsov at the Arsk cemetery, where the Hero is buried.

On 3 May, speaking at a ceremonial event dedicated to the 100th birthday of the All-Russia Society of Sports and Physical Training "Dynamo" held in the Kazan Kremlin, the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov said that the Society "Dynamo" triggered off the mass and country-wide sports movement, which exists till today as a united team. The State Counselor of the republic Mintimer Shaimiev, the Head of the Office of the Rais of Tatarstan Asgat Safarov , who is also the Chairman of the Society in Tatarstan, and the Chairman of the All-Russia Society of Sports and Physical Training "Dynamo" Anatoliy Gulevskiy also took part in the event. 

On 3 May the regional public-state amalgamation Army, Air Force and Navy Volunteer Society housed a meeting of the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov with soldiers mobilized from Tatarstan to take part in the special military operation, who are currently on a short vacation, housed.

On 3 May, at their meeting in the Government House of the republic, the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and the core group of the regional headquarters of the  Motherland Warriors Families Committee (MWFC) discussed issues of interaction of the headquarters with representatives of power and acting for interests and rights of the mobilized from the republic. They also raised topics of establishing a system for individual follow up and rehabilitation of combat veterans and social support of the soldiers’ families.

On 2 May the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov accompanied by the regional Minister of Agriculture and Food Marat Zyabbarov and the Head of Muslyumovo region of the republic Albert Khuzin got acquainted with the pace of spring field work in the region.

On 2 May, speaking at a briefing dedicated to preparations of events and celebrations of the 78th V-Day held in the Tatarstan Cabinet of Minister, the regional Minister of Labour, Employment and Social Protection Elmira Zaripova informed that currently there are 14 277 WWII veterans living in the republic.

On 2 May the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov took part in a ceremony of handing in 28 certificates for LADA Niva legend forest patrol vehicles to the regional Ministry of Forestry held in Kazan.