On July 13, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov has paid a working visit to Bugulma region of Tatarstan, which is hosting  a traditional oil summit at the Neptun recreation center in the village of Karabash.

Upon his arrival in the village of Karabash, Minnikhanov accompanied by Director General of Tatneft Oil Company Nail Maganov and other officials looked around information stands of some enterprises, including Tatneft Oil Company, Kazan Federal University, and others. They presented the advanced technologies used in the oil industry as well as research and development in terms of operation of wells, development of new deposits, including the extraction of super-viscous oil.

On July 12, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov and representatives of Advenira Enterprises discussed launching of production in Himgrad technopolis in Kazan.

On July 12, at their meeting in Kazan, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov and rector of Peter the Great St. Petersburg polytechnic university Andrey Rudskoy discussed issues of further strategic cooperation.

On July 12, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov met Ambassador of Sudan to Russia Nadir Yousif Babiker, who had arrived in Tatarstan the day before.

On July 9, participants of the international rally "Silk Way 2016", which started on July 8 in Moscow, reached Kazan. 

On July 9, at Tatarstan Government House, speaking at a video-conference held by Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov with participation of all municipalities, Minister of Information and Communication of the republic Roman Shaikhutdinov reported on results of work on rendering public and municipal services in electronic form in the first half of 2016.

On July 9, at Tatarstan Government House, speaking at a video-conference held by Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov with participation of all municipalities, Minister of Agriculture and Food of the republic Marat Akhmetov said that according to meteorological data some south-eastern regions of the republic may face abnormal drought this year again. 

On July 9, at Tatarstan Government House, speaking at a video-conference held by Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov with participation of all municipalities, Tatarstan Minister of Construction, Architecture, and Housing and Utilities Irek Faizullin reported that more than 1 mln 139 thousand square meters of housing have been commissioned in Tatarstan since the beginning of the year. 

The 6th Silk Way Rally set off from Red Square in Moscow on July 8. The competition will take place in three countries: Russia, Kazakhstan and China, and will finish in Beijing on July 24.

On July 7, at Tatarstan Government House, Tatarstan Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov chaired a regular board meeting of Tatspirtprom alcohol beverage manufacturer, which discussed results of financial-economic activity of the company, payment of taxes and fees to the budget and other current issues of the company's activities.