On August 18, speaking at a regional video-conference held by Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, Minister of Construction, Architecture, Housing and Utilites of the republic Irek Faizullin reported that since the beginning of the current year the State Construction Inspectorate and State Labour Inspectorate of the republic have carried out 836 inspections and issued 269 decisions on imposing fines for the sum of 10m 135 thousand roubles for violations of labour safety rules and regulations.

On August 17, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov arrived on a working visit in the capital of Russia to take part in the Days of Culture of the Republic of Tatarstan in Moscow.

On August 17, at the Korston Entertainment Complex, Head of Tatmedia Regional press and mass media agency Airat Zaripov opened a plenary session of the seventh Forum of national and regional mass media of Russia held in Kazan on August 16-18. Over 200 delegates, editors and journalists from 19 regions of Russia, took part in the Forum.

On August 17, in the Kazan Kremlin, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov took part in the ceremony of awarding winners and prize-winners of the final of the 6th National Championship “Young Professionals” (WorldSkills Russia).

On August 16, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov together with Minister of Agriculture and Food of the republic Marat Akhmetov made a helicopter fly over the region's fields to get acquainted with the course of the harvesting campaign and to talk to farmers, investors and heads of settlements of Rybnaya Sloboda municipal region.

On August 16, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov together with Minister of Agriculture and Food of the republic Marat Akhmetov paid a working visit to Tyulyachi region to meet the participants of the harvesting campaign and heads of settlements.

On August 16, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov paid a working visit to Vysokaya Gora municipal region to get acquainted with the course of the harvesting campaign and where he met heads of farms, investors and heads of settlements of the region.

On August 16, in Kazan, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov visited Firma MVEN Aviation Enterprise.  

On August 16, at the flight-test base of Gorbunov Kazan Aviaton Plant Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of Russia Oleg Bocharov, Russia’s Long-Range Aviation Commander Lieutenant-General Sergei Kobylash, President of United Aircraft Corporation Yury Slyusar and other officials took part in the ceremony of rolling out the first upgraded bomber prototype of Tu-22M3M missile-carrying bomber.

On August 15, in the island town of Sviyazhsk, Tatarstan State Counsellor, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Regional Revival Foundation Mintimer Shaimiev held a working meeting on progress made in the work on the establishment of the Museum of Wood Archeology.