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Tatarstan Aims to Work with Malaysia to Effort Together in Trade & Investment

Tatarstan Aims to Work with Malaysia to Effort Together in Trade & Investment

Exploring Halal Industry & Islamic Banking by Tatarstan with Malaysia: According to Foreign Minister, The Republic of Tatarstan in the Russian Federation is keen to explore latent collaboration…

By kazanadmin16 February 2013

TIDA Elected to Eastern European Directorship of WAIPA

Yesterday, the Tatarstan Investment Development Agency (TIDA) was elected to the Eastern Europe Directorship of the World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA) during the Institutional Meeting of…

By kazanadmin12 February 2013

Business

TAIF-NK Awards Malaysian KNM Group $100 mln Tender

Tatarstan oil-refining company TAIF-NK has awarded a $100 million tender to KNM Group Bhd, a…

By The Kazan Herald9 March 2013

FDI in Tatarstan Increases By 580% in 2012

The Republic of Tatarstan attracted at least $577 million of Foreign Direct Investment in 2012,…

By Wyatt Ford6 February 2013

Linar Yakupov holds briefing on SMART City Kazan

Linar Yakupov holds briefing on SMART City Kazan

Chief Executive of the Tatarstan Investment Development Agency Linar Yakupov held a briefing in the…

By kazanadmin30 January 2013

2012 in Review

2012 in Review

The year 2012 will be remembered in Tatarstan as a year of great achievements for…

By Rustem Yunusov29 January 2013

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One Foot, Two Paws in the Finals…

  Like most of the faithful supporters of Kazan’s AkBars, I’ll have to be content watching the third (and fourth) game of the KHL Eastern Conference Finals contest…

By Yusha Kozakiewicz26 March 2013

Resurrecting Life along the Lower Kaban

Resurrecting Life along the Lower Kaban

When we think of the city of Kazan, we instinctively think of the past, and in these parts of Russia the past is often inherently tumultuous. Although many…

By Yusha Kozakiewicz28 February 2013

Retracing the fraternal steps of history, from Hungary to Tartary

Retracing the fraternal steps of history, from Hungary to Tartary

In the late Seventies, two Hungarian ethnomusicologists named Laszlo Vikar and Gabor Bereczki set out on a thousand-mile journey in search of a musical connection to a distant…

By Yusha Kozakiewicz24 February 2013

Hockey Night in Kazan – A Match 3 Years in the Making

Hockey Night in Kazan – A Match 3 Years in the Making

Hockey, unlike the other seasonal team sports with which it competes for spectators, is not, as they say, a game of two halves. The unique character of this…

By Yusha Kozakiewicz27 January 2013

On Social Influence and a Tatar Upbringing

On Social Influence and a Tatar Upbringing

by Regina Kozakiewicz Education is the keystone on which every society supports and nurtures, molds and shapes, all future generations. As they mature, most young people are exposed,…

By kazanadmin21 January 2013

Sports

Rubin Kazan’s Victory Day

Rubin Kazan – 2 FC Mordovia Saransk – 1 On this long bank holiday weekend, Rubin came out to play in…

By Laura Hoole13 May 2013

Rubin Scrape Draw Against Rostov

Rubin Kazan – 1 FC Rostov – 1 Though a disappointing end to the Europa League for Rubin Kazan, a lot…

By Laura Hoole16 April 2013

Flea Markets, Gravel Paths and Caverns: the Unofficial Shoestring Guide to Central Kazan

Flea Markets, Gravel Paths and Caverns: the Unofficial Shoestring Guide to Central Kazan

Getting tired of shaking out the contents of your…

‘Intelligent’ Music Only At China-Town-Cafe

‘Intelligent’ Music Only At China-Town-Cafe

China-Town-Cafe is a new addition to Kazan’s dining and…

Chak-chak Café

Chak-chak Café

In a city with a few cafés like Chak-Chak…

Walking Through History in Bilyar

Walking Through History in Bilyar

It was not in Bolgar, but in the more…

Revamped Sviyazhsk Has Much To Offer

Revamped Sviyazhsk Has Much To Offer

Since our last visit to Sviyazhsk, the island has…

Shaimiev: Bolgar, Sviyazhsk Will Put Tatarstan on Global Map

Shaimiev: Bolgar, Sviyazhsk Will Put Tatarstan on Global Map

For Shaimiev, the inclusion of Bolgar and Sviyazhsk on…

Disco Dancing, Without a Sound

Disco Dancing, Without a Sound

Silent Disco clubs have been gaining traction across the…

Privolzhsky Rynok, Prospekt’s Haggling Haven

Privolzhsky Rynok, Prospekt’s Haggling Haven

Privolzhsky Rynok is a market literally situated between the…

City Guide, 1 November – 15 November

City Guide, 1 November – 15 November

Exhibitions, Concerts, Theatre, Opera, and Nightlife. You're guide to…

City Guide, 17-30 September

City Guide, 17-30 September

Exhibitions, Concerts, Theatre, Opera, and Nightlife. You're guide to…

City Guide, 16 August – 31 August

City Guide, 16 August – 31 August

Armin Van Buuren, Obe Dve, and more.…

City Guide, August

Armin Van Buuren, Tekhnozavtraki, Summer-Summer and more.…

Chuvash Tree of Life, Growing in Kazan’s Front Yard

Chuvash Tree of Life, Growing in Kazan’s Front Yard

The month of July marked the end of a…

City Guide, 1 June – 25 June

City Guide, 1 June – 25 June

Exhibitions, Concerts, Opera & Ballet, Theatre, and Nightlife.…

KH City Guide, 13-30 April

At a loss for what to do? Not sure…

KH City Guide, 17 – 31 March

At a loss for what to do? Not sure…

Needing No Introduction: Aria

Needing No Introduction: Aria

The arrival of one of Russia’s premier rock acts…

Armin Makes Some Noise in Mirny

Armin Makes Some Noise in Mirny

Armin Van Buuren jetted into Kazan to perform for…

Tatar Capital Hosts First Jewish Music Festival

Tatar Capital Hosts First Jewish Music Festival

“Klezmer,” reminded Yitzhak Auer Bach, head of Joint Russia…

First Kazan International Festival of Eastern Music to be Held in Iske Qazan

First Kazan International Festival of Eastern Music to be Held in Iske Qazan

Iske Qazan will play host to the city's First…

A Cyborg Valkyrie! Otto Dix Live in Kazan

A Cyborg Valkyrie! Otto Dix Live in Kazan

After the evening I was left none the wiser…

Inhaling Katamadze’s Jazz Fusion

Inhaling Katamadze’s Jazz Fusion

Nino Katamadze’s unclassifiable “jazz fusion” filled Piramida in Kazan…

Zheltaya Kofta Turns Five

Zheltaya Kofta Turns Five

On 23 March, Zheltaya Kofta celebrated its five-year anniversary…

Serebro Perform In Kazan

Serebro Perform In Kazan

Silver performed in Maximillian's brauerei on 23 March. The…

Education

Premium English to Offer TOEFL Junior Exam

Come September, Kazan English students will have yet another standardized English test to choose from – the TOEFL Junior exam.…

By The Kazan Herald25 June 2012

My Kazan

Ice and Water (2009)

Taking photographs in Kazan and Tatarstan is always a joy. The region exudes a unique balance. Tatarstan is renowned for its tolerance and meld of cultures, and…

By Joseph D. Stec1 February 2012

Music

Needing No Introduction: Aria

The arrival of one of Russia’s premier rock acts could not have been more inauspicious. …

By Edward Crabtree8 December 2012

Idel-Ural

Falling for Söyembike

Söyembike married a Russian and, in doing so, committed suicide.…

By Maxim Edwards2 June 2012

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