On December 22, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov arrived on a working visit in Moscow to hold a meeting of the working group of the Russian Federation State Council on the direction "Construction, housing and utility services, urban environment".
During the organizational meeting, the participants of the working group headed by Minnikhanov discussed issues related to forthcoming expanded meeting of the Russian State Council chaired by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The day before, by the decree of Putin, Tatarstan President was included in the Presidium of the State Council of the Russian Federation.