On October 3, in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russian President Vladimir Putin held a joint meeting of the Council for the Development of Physical Culture and Sport and the Supervisory Board of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia Organizing Committee.

On October 3, State Counsellor of Tatarstan Mintimer Shaimiev met Nakiya Gilyazova, the wife of People’s writer of the Republic of Tatarstan Ayaz Gilyazov.

On October 3, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov held working meetings with Minister of State for Trade and Industry and National Development of Singapore Koh Poh Koon and Deputy Prime Minister and Coordinating Minister for Economic and Social Policies of Singapore Tharman Shanmugaratnam.

On October 3, during his working visit to Singapore, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov met Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Hsien Loong. Rustam Minnikhanov thanked Lee Hsien Loong for the opportunity to meet and perfect organization of the delegation’s itinerary.

On October 3, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov visited the Civil Service College in Singapore, where he took part in the opening of the educational programme “Leadership and innovations in action” for 21 government and municipal employees from Tatarstan and attended the lecture “From the “Garden in the city” concept to the “City in a garden” concept.

On October 3, during his working trip to the Republic of Singapore, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov visited the Council for Housing Construction and Improvement, where he was presented housing projects implemented in the country, starting with the issue of land allocation, construction and renovation, ending with the distribution of housing among various social groups.

On October 2, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, who arrived on working visit in Singapore, was met by Ambassador of Russia to Singapore Andrey Tatarinov at Changi airport.
The Tatarstan delegation includes Minister of Information and Communications Roman Shaikhutdinov, Aide to Tatarstan President Natalia Fishman, Head of Tatarstan Investment Development Agency Taliya Minullina, Director of the Department for foreign affairs Eduard Khabibullin, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Valeev, First Deputy Head of the Executive Committee of Kazan Damir Fattakhov, Board Chairman of Ak Bars Bank Zufar Garaev.

On October 2, during his working visit to Japan, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov had a meeting with senior executives of the the Zen Noh agricultural federation.

On October 2, during his working visit to Japan, at the meeting with leadership of Japan bank for international cooperation, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov said: “We will be glad to expand cooperation with JBIC.”

On October 2, speaking at the Tatarstan-Japan business forum in Tokyo, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov said that Tatarstan focuses on the development of cooperation with Japan as part of Russian-Japanese relations.