(KZN.RU,
June 16). Rustam Minnikhanov, the President of Tatarstan, met with Alexei
Novikov, the dean of the Higher School of Urban Studies of the Research
University of the Higher School of Economics, and Vicente Guayart, the head of
the Laboratory of Prototyping Future Cities “Shukhov Lab” and the chief
architect of Barcelona (2011-2015).
The meeting
took place in the Tatarstan Government House. Irek Fayzullin, the Minister of
Construction, Architecture and Housing of the RT, Ilsur Metshin, the Mayor of
Kazan, and others took part in it.
The parties
discussed the development of public spaces and transport and urban
infrastructure of Tatarstan and its capital. Natalia Fishman, an assistant of
the President of the RT, briefly described the prospects of joint projects
reports, the press service of the head of the republic.
Rustam
Minnikhanov thanked representatives of the Higher School of Urban Studies for
their interest in cooperation with the region.