On October 8, at a plenary session of the International research and practice conference "Muslim theological thought: national, religious and civilizational dimensions" in Bolgar, Tatarstan, President of the republic Rustam Minnikhanov said that today national religious education does not enable to deal with current challenges, therefore, we need to establish a major scientific, educational and spiritual center that will consolidate positions of Russian Muslim leaders and foreign distinguished scientists, and traditional Islam.

On October 8, the International research and practice conference "Muslim theological thought: national, religious and civilizational dimensions" organized by the Muslim Spiritual Board of the Republic of Tatarstan, Fund for the Support of Islamic Culture, Science and Education and Kazan Federal University opened in Bolgar, Tatarstan.

On October 8, at their meeting in Kazan, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov and General Electric Vice-chairman John Rice discussed cooperation in the sphere of modernization of energy and social infrastructure of the republic.

On October 7, at a summary meeting of the organizing committee of the 16th FINA World Championship in Moscow, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov handed over awards to organizers of the championship.

On October 7, at a solemn event dedicated to the Day of workers of agriculture and processing industry at Korston hotel, Kazan, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov said that the republic is able to provide its citizens with high quality food products.

On October 7, a conference “Humanitarian sciences in Tatarstan at the turn of XX-XXI centuries” dedicated to the 85th anniversary of a politician, public figure, the first president of Tatarstan Academy of sciences and Director of the Institute of Tatar encyclopedia Mansur Khasanov was held in Kazan, Academy of sciences. The six-volume Tatar encyclopedia in Russian was presented at the conference.

On October 6, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov met with participants of the 1st All-Russia Olympiad in Lean Production within the framework of the 2nd International conference "Lean production. Performance increase and cost reduction" in Naberezhnye Chelny.