Authorities

• 22 September, 09:00 ‘In today’s times, Tatarstan is a pillar region of the country’: Rustam Minnikhanov assumes office as rais of the republic He was congratulated by the presidents of Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Abkhazia.
• 30 July, 09:00 Vladimir Vavilov: ‘We will be overwhelmed by a wave of fighters who need hospice support soon’ The founder of the first hospice in Tatarstan — on the problems of palliative care in the republic and the country
• 28 July, 09:00 Cost of violations increase: ‘Drivers will have to prove their innocence’ In Russia, fines for refusing to stop at the request of a traffic inspector have been raised — a change that could create additional opportunities for abuse by traffic police officers

• 03 September, 09:00 Xiang Bo: ‘The Memory of the Great Victory is a stand for historical justice’ The Consul General of China in Kazan speaks on the 80th anniversary of the Victory over Militarist Japan and the end of the Second World War
• 30 July, 09:00 Debt collectors are unprepared: initiative to sell utility debts criticised in Kazan Iskander Giniyatullin: before considering the possibility of transferring debts to collectors, the system of debt collection must be regulated
• 25 July, 09:00 Non-symbolic protection: consequences of a legal amendment safeguarding religious symbols from retouching The “loss” of religious symbols in images of places of worship will now come at a high cost

• 25 July, 09:00 To expand the cemetery, close the strip club, and raise the price of milk: what residents of Tatarstan asking deputies for Nearly 2,000 requests have been submitted to elected representatives
• 22 July, 09:00 Oleg Morozov: ‘Every region has a head, but for Tatarstan, the election carries special significance’ The head of the State Duma Committee on Oversight — on the role of the rais (head) for Russia and the federal protection of native languages
• 21 July, 09:00 Farid Mukhametshin: ‘Every nation has the right to its mother tongue!’ The Tatarstan government is preparing proposals to resolve the issue with the exclusion of the concept of “mother tongue” from the Federal State Educational Standard

• 23 July, 09:00 Tatarstan deputies secured the preservation of ‘native language’ term from ministry of education According to Ilshat Aminov, such changes indicate that the federal centre is listening to the republic
• 22 July, 09:00 Majority of diabetics in Tatarstan deprived of ‘free’ test strips How diabetics have lost access to doctor-recommended blood sugar monitoring
• 18 July, 09:00 Consul General of the People's Republic of China in Kazan: ‘China and Russia are ready to turn the SCO into a happy home for peoples’