On January 17, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov congratulated KAMAZ Automaker management and members of KAMAZ-Master team on winning the Dakar-2015 rally.

On January 17, at a regional meeting held by Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov at Tatarstan Government House, Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing and Utilities of the republic Irek Faizullin reported that as of January 16, 2015 as many as 94,700 square meters of housing were commissioned in Tatarstan.

On January 16, speaking at a meeting of the Council of Russian Pension Fund in Tatarstan, Head of Tatarstan Office Marsel Imamov said that in 2014 the number of pensioners in Tatarstan increased by 15,000 to make 1,090,000 people. He continued that the average old-age pension increased by 8.3 per cent and amounted to about 11,000 roubles, while the average pension in the republic makes 10,415 roubles.

Construction of new objects in the historic center of Kazan were discussed at a meeting at Tatarstan Government House with participation of Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, Minister of Construction, Architecture, Housing and Utilities Irek Faizullin, Aide to Tatarstan President Olesya Baltusova, Prosecutor of the Republic of Tatarstan Ildus Nafikov, Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin, Chief Architect of Kazan Tatyana Prokofieva.