March 17, Tatarstan President Mintimer Shaimiev took part in the meeting of the Organizing Committee for the 27th World Summer Universiade 2013 to be held in Kazan.
A meeting between the President of the Republic of Tatarstan, Mintimer Shaimiev, and the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Austria to the Russian Federation, Martin Vukovich, was held at the Kazan Kremlin on March 16.