On December 18, in the Government House of the Republic, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov took part in a joint meeting of the regional Cabinet of Ministers and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the republic on the implementation of measures to improve road safety in the republic, to reduce road accidents and to lessen their consequences.

On December 18, at their meeting in the Government House of the republic, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov and President of the Russian Mixed Martial Art Union Fedor Elemianenko discussed further cooperation between Tatarstan and the Russian Mixed Martial Art Union and summed up the preliminary results of work during the current year.

On December 17, during his working trip to Kazakhstan, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov visited the Baikonur Cosmodrome Museum.

On December 17, during his working visit to Kazakhstan, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov attended the Baikonur Cosmodrome, from which the Russian Soyuz MS-07 spacecraft was launched, with the WorldSkills flag to be delivered to the International Space Station onboard.

On December 17, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, who arrived on a working visit in the city Baikonur (Kazakhstan), was met by Akim of Kyzylorda Region Krymbek Kusherbayev at the airport.

On December 16, at the Piramida Entertainment Complex in Kazan, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov together with his wife Gulsina Minnikhanova attended the opening ceremony of the 18th International Festival of Tatar songs “Tatar Zhyry”, which started with Gouzel Urazova and Elvin Gray singing the song that won the Best Song nomination last year.

On December 16, at a joint meeting of the Ministry of Finance of the republic, the regional departments of the Federal Tax Service and the Federal Treasury, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov was handed in the Letter of Acknowledgment of the Russian Ministry of Finance.

On December 16, answering questions from journalists in Kazan, Minister of Finance of Russia Anton Siluanov, who took part in a joint meeting of the Ministry of Finance of the republic, the regional departments of the Federal Tax Service and the Federal Treasury, told them about the system of restructuring budget loans for Russian regions.

On December 16, speaking at a regional video-conference held by Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov at Tatarstan Government House, Deputy Prime Minister of Tatarstan, Minister of Agriculture and Food of the republic Marat Akhmetov reported that financial results of Tatarstan agriculture industry are generally positive.

On December 16, speaking at a joint meeting of financial, treasury and tax agencies of the republic, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov said that the amount of revenues to be received from Tatarstan is estimated to make 834 billion roubles this year. This figure includes all types of income, 70 per cent of which will be sent to the federal budget, he added.