During his trip to Tatarstan, Vladimir Putin had a brief meeting with Tattelecom Director General Lutfulla Shafigullin.

Vladimir Putin met with the KAMAZ-Master Team and congratulated them on winning the Dakar Rally.

Prior to the meeting, the President joined a ceremony at the TANEKO company’s oil refinery in Nizhnekamsk live via video linkup and ordered the launch of the new naphtha hydro treatment and isomerisation units.

Vladimir Putin learned about the work of the Institute for Fundamental Medicine and Biology of Kazan Federal University and held a video conference with the country’s top universities.

Vladimir Putin addressed the Forward Together national forum of student clubs.

Vladimir Putin watched a demonstration flight of the new Tu-160M supersonic strategic missile carrier Pyotr Deinekin under a flight test programme.

Prior to his visit to the Kazan Aviation Factory, Vladimir Putin and Head of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov went to see former Tatarstan leader Mintimer Shaimiyev in the hospital.

After a working trip to Ufa, Vladimir Putin went to Kazan, the capital of Tatarstan, where he met with representatives of Muslim organisations and the leadership of the Bulgarian Islamic Academy.

Vladimir Putin held a working meeting with Head of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov. Mr Minnikhanov briefed the President on the region’s socioeconomic situation.

Vladimir Putin met with Head of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov.

Vladimir Putin sent his greetings to the Congress of Ethnicities of the Republic of Tatarsta.

Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev met with First President of Tatarstan, State Adviser of the Republic of Tatarstan and Chairman of the Regional Foundation for Rebuilding the Republic of Tatarstan’s Historical and Cultural Monuments Mintimer Shaimiyev on the eve of his 80^th birthday.

During his working trip to Kazan, Vladimir Putin inspected the new building of the Arbitration Court of the Republic of Tatarstan.

Vladimir Putin spoke at the opening ceremony of the 2016 European Judo Championships.

Vladimir Putin chaired a meeting of the Council for the Development of Physical Culture and Sport in Kazan.

Items on the agenda include developing Russian hockey, hosting the 2016 World Ice Hockey Championship in Moscow, and preparing Russia’s national team for the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang (Republic of Korea).

At the end of his trip to Naberezhniye Chelny, Vladimir Putin visited a high-technology technopark IT-Park, where he familiarised himself with the work of the first children’s technopark in Tatarstan, Quantorium.

Vladimir Putin held a meeting of the Military-Industrial Commission to discuss the 2015 defence procurement programme results and examine the outlook for the Russian defence industry’s development.

While on a visit to Tatarstan, Vladimir Putin visited the KAMAZ automobile plant and congratulated current and former workers on the 40^th anniversary since the production of the first KAMAZ truck.