On October 22, Chinese President Xi Jinping, who arrived in Kazan to take part in the BRICS Summit, was met by the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov at the Kazan International Airport.

On October 22, South African President Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa, who arrived in Kazan to take part in the BRICS summit, was met by the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov at the Kazan International Airport.

On October 22, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who arrived in Kazan to take part in the BRICS Summit, was met by the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov at the Kazan International Airport.

On October 22, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who arrived to take part in the BRICS Summit, was met by the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov at the Kazan International Airport.

On 20 October, speaking at his meeting with the President of the Republic of Srpska (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Milorad Dodik, who arrived with the direct flight Belgrad-Kazan to take part in events of the 16th BRICS Summit, in the Government House of the republic, the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov thanked his guest for his visit to Kazan to take part in the BRICS Summit. “It is a great and very important event for the whole of our country,” he said. 

On 20 October in the Government House of the republic, the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov had a meeting with the President of the New Development Bank Dilma Rousseff who came to Tatarstan to take part in events of the 16th BRICS Summit by direct flight Shanghai-Kazan on 19 October. 

On 19 October, upon her arrival to the Kazan International Airport, the President of the New Development Bank Dilma Rousseff, who came to Tatarstan to take part in events of the 16th BRICS Summit, was welcomed by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin and other officials.

On October 19, speaking at a meeting in the Government House of the republic held in a videoconference with all regional municipalities, the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov said that the summit of heads of state is a key event of Russia's BRICS presidency in 2024 and informed about the restrictions that are being imposed in the capital of Tatarstan - Kazan - during the events of the 16th BRICS summit.

On October 18, at the Galiaskar Kamal Tatar State Academic Theatre, the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov, State Counselor of Tatarstan Mintimer Shaimiev and Chairman of the State Council of Tatarstan Farid Mukhametshin took part in the farewell ceremony with the outstanding figure of theatrical art, People’s Artist of Russia and Tatarstan Rinat Tazetdinov.

On October 17, at their meeting in the Government House of the republic, the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and the Chairman of the Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Russia Mikhail Shmakov discussed the issues of further cooperation in developing the trade union movement, solving a number of urgent tasks facing trade unions in the region, further work to strengthen the prestige of working professions and other issues. Chairman of the Federation of Trade Unions of Tatarstan Elena Kuzmicheva took part in the meeting.