On December 16, Deputy Russian Finance Minister Andrei Ivanov and President of Skolkovo Foundation Viktor Vekselberg arrived on a working trip in Tatarstan to visit Innopolis. The guests were accompanied by Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov.

On December 16, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov was awarded a medal for substantial contribution to the development of the South Moravian Region (Czech Republic).

On December 15, the 3rd All-Russian UNESCO Chair Congress was held at the National Mineral Resources University in St. Petersburg. Grigory Ordzhonikidze, Executive Secretary of the Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO, read out a welcome message from Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov addressed to participants of the congress.

On December 15, at a board session of “Tatneftekhiminvest-holding”, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov said that the republic should use the experience of Qatar in the sphere of oil and gas processing, and briefly told about his recent visit to this country.

On December 15, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov held a board session of “Tatneftekhiminvest-holding” that discussed proposals for oil, gas and chemical industry of the republic.

On December 15, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov visited the modernized rubber mixing line at Kazan rubber plant ("KVART" JSC). Due to installation of new equipment the production capacity increased by 6, 000 tonnes of rubber mixtures per year.

On December 15, at a briefing at Tatarstan Cabinet of Ministers, Chairman of Public Chamber of the republic Anatoly Fomin told that the regional contest “Best decoration of New Year tree among municipalities of the Republic of Tatarstan” will start on December 20.

On December 15, at a briefing at Tatarstan Cabinet of Ministers, first deputy minister of culture Elvira Kamalova said that more than 136, 000 people will visit Tatarstan theatres during New Year holidays. She noted that it is a good opportunity to visit concert halls and different events. This year Tatar state philharmonic hall named after G.Tukai and S.Saidashev state big concert hall will be the main venues.

On December 15, issues of financial stability of Tatarstan enterprises were discussed at a session of the Economic Council under Tatarstan Cabinet of Ministers held by Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov.

On December 14, Tatarstan State Counsellor Mintimer Shaimiev took part in a plenary session of the IV St. Petersburg International Cultural Forum devoted to the 70th anniversary of UNESCO.