On April 18, at the Kazan Kremlin, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov awarded the Medal of the Order of Merit to Republic of Tatarstan to Danila Pozdeev, a cash collector at the Tatarstan office of the Russian Central Bank’s Cash Collecting Association. The medal was given “for bravery and courage in the line of duty that involves risk to the life”. 

On April 18, a meeting of young innovators, inventors and development engineering from Russian regions opened at Tupolev Kazan National Research Technical University. 

On April 18, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov took part in opening of the Center of prototyping and adoption of robotic technologies in Kazan. The center was created under the auspices of Russian Ministry of economic development, Tatarstan Government and OOO “Eidos-robotics”.

On April 18, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov opened new Center of youth innovative creativity at the Engineering lyceum of Kazan national research technical university.

On April 16, at a coordination meeting with regional law enforcement authorities held at Tatarstan Government House, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov appealed to law enforcement authorities to pay special attention to employees who served in hot spots.

On April 16, at Tatarstan Government House, speaking at a regional video-conference held by First Deputy Prime Minister of the republic Aleksey Pesoshin with participation of all municipalities, Tatarstan Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing and Utilities Irek Faizullin said that the State Construction Supervision Inspectorate and State Labour Inpsectorate of the republic have carried out 266 inspections to check compliance with norms and regulations of labour safety in the construction industry since the beginning of 2016. 

On April 16, at Tatarstan Government House, speaking at a regional video-conference held by First Deputy Prime Minister of the republic Aleksey Pesoshin with participation of all municipalities, Tatarstan Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing and Utilities Irek Faizullin said that as of April 16, 666,900 square meters of housing have been commissioned in Tatarstan.  

On April 15, the delegation of Kostanay region (Kazakhstan) headed by the Governor Arkhimed Mukhambetov arrived on a working visit in Kazan.  They were met by Prime Minister of Tatarstan Ildar Khalikov, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Albert Karimov at Kazan international airport.

On April 14, at the Korston Entertainment Compex in Kazan, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov awarded winners of the regional contest “Philanthropist of 2015”. 

On April 14, at Tatarstan Government House, speaking at a seminar on increasing cooperation between regional engineering and prototyping centers with industrial enterprises Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov said that engineering centers established in Tatarstan need to be a serious research platform for industrial enterprises.