On 22 January the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and the Minister of Internal Affairs for Tatarstan Damir Satretdinov took part in a ceremony of opening a new building of the inter-regional department of Russian Internal Ministry in Tatarstan “Verkhneuslonskiy” in the Verkhniy Uslon settlement. 

On 20 January Tatarstan State Counselor Mintimer Shaimiev got a phone call from Russian President Vladimir Putin who congratulated him with his 88th birthday.

Today numerous congratulatory telegrammes are coming from heads of states, regions and republics, representatives of the society, science, education , residents of the country and Tatarstan.

On 20 January, speaking at a ceremony of opening the new building of the Tatar State Academic Theatre after Galiasgar Kamal,  the Chairman of the Russian Union of Theatre Workers Vladimir Mashkov  informed that this year a ceremony of awarding the Russian National Award “Golden Mask” will be held in this new building in Kazan.

On 20 January Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin, the Chief Federal Inspector for Tatarstan Viktor Demidov, representatives of interacting bodies, commanders and heads of the units of the Directorate took part in a resulting collegium of the National Guard Troops in Tatarstan that discussed results of the service of the Directorate in 2024 and set forth tasks for the coming period.

On 20 January the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov, Russian Minister of Culture Olga Lyubimova, The Minister of Construction and Housing Utilities Sector of Russia Irek Fayzullin, the Chairman of the Union of Theatre Workers of the country Vladimir Mashkov and other officials visited the new building of Tatars State Academic Theatre after Galiasgar Kamal which was put into operation today. 

On 18 January, speaking at a regular Saturday meeting in the Government House of the republic, the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov said that the conferment of title “The City of Labour Merit” to Zelenodolsk is a landmark event especially in the Year of Defenders of the Fatherland.

On 18 January at a regular Saturday meeting in the Government House of the republic it was announced that by his decree from 18 January 2025 the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov appointed Marat Fayzrakhmanov to the post of the Minister of Finance of the republic.

On 17 January at their meeting in the Government house of the republic, the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and the Director General of the Judicial Department at the Russian Supreme Court Vladislav Ivanov discussed a number of issues in cooperation including management of work of regional (city) courts of the republic, improvement of their facilities and resources and further digital development of the judicial system. 

On 16 January, speaking at his meeting with the Governor of Vologda region Georgy Filimonov in the Kazan Kremlin, the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov said that the republic has good opportunities for broadening cooperation with the region.

On 16 January in the Kazan Kremlin the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov had a meeting with a delegation from Zimbabwe, comprising members of the Government of the country and representatives of the Office of the President of Zimbabwe, which came on a working trip to the republic.