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On June 30, Tatarstan Ministry of Digitalization hosted a training session on "Countering Corruption in Government Institutions" held by Deputy Head of the Investigative Department of the Sovetsky district of Kazan Bulat Karimov for employees of the ministry and Tatarstan IT Park.

Karimov explained which actions in the IT sector are classified as criminal offenses. These include: copyright infringement and violation of privacy, fraud and unlawful dissemination of personal data. Using real-life examples, he outlined how such cases are investigated and what penalties are applied to offenders.

On June 27, residents and guests of Kazan downloaded approximately 990 GB of data during the Youth Day celebration at the URAM extreme sports park. According to Beeline Company, this is nearly three times the usual weekend traffic volume. Before the holiday, the operator prepared the telecom infrastructure in the park and enhanced network coverage.

During the celebration, guests immediately shared their impressions: uploading videos from matches, messaging on instant messengers and posting on social media. The highest network load was observed from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM – during this period, participants used mobile internet most actively. At the same time, voice communication remained stable, with users making nearly 71,000 calls throughout the day.

Over the past three months, residents of the republic have submitted more than 40,800 e-applications through the Gosuslugi portal to enroll their children in schools. In the last week of June alone, parents filled out about 1,000 applications. First-grade admissions began in April, and parents continue to actively submit applications online.

Starting school changes the life of the entire family: children take on new responsibilities, expand their social circles, and develop new interests. To make this transition comfortable, it is important for parents to choose a suitable educational institution in advance.

On July 16, the Bashir Rameev IT Park in Kazan will host the Business Fest by Sberbank. Participation is free, but advance registration is required.

Guest check-in and on-site registration will begin at 10:00 AM, and the event will start at 11:00 AM.

Russian Ministry of Digital Development and the Analytical Center under the Government of the Russian Federation have announced the results of the second competitive selection for the "TOP-IT" project. The project is aimed at training developers of domestic digital solutions. This time, over 60 applications were submitted. The competition was held across two tracks.

On June 30, Gorky Central Park of Culture and Leisure will host an open-air concert under the large-scale cultural festival "Dance – the Soul of the People", organized by the company Ufanet and the Fayzi Gaskarov State Academic Folk Dance Ensemble.

An unforgettable evening awaits residents and guests of the capital of Tatarstan– two of the oldest ensembles from the two republics will perform on the same stage: the State Order of Friendship of Peoples Song and Dance Ensemble of Tatarstan and the Fayzi Gaskarov State Academic Folk Dance Ensemble of Bashkortostan.

Speaking at the weekly meeting of Tatarstan Ministry of Digitalization, Director of the Rostelecom branch in Tatarstan Pavel Gontsov said that on September 20, 2026, Unified Voting Day, a video surveillance system will be organized at 1,000 polling stations across Tatarstan with 2,000 cameras installed.

The meeting also reviewed the company's performance for the first half of 2026. Key projects include:

On June 26–27, the Bashir Rameev IT Park in Kazan hosted the fourth TATAR SAN conference, which brought together over 1,000 participants.

The central event was the final of the "Queen of Code 2026" hackathon, where more than 100 female developers from various regions of Russia took part. They tackled real-world challenges from Tatarstan companies and competed for a prize fund of 500,000 rubles.

Tatarstan residents can submit applications to participate in "Digital Transformation Leaders," Russia's largest international hackathon. The submittance of applications is now open.

This year, participants will be tasked to solve 20 challenges from Moscow's executive authorities, Russian IT companies and corporations. Teams will develop solutions in the following areas: artificial intelligence, urban process automation, unmanned technologies, digital modeling, big data analytics and data-driven decision support systems.

As many as 44 representatives from ministries, agencies and companies of Tatarstan completed an intensive course on the application of AI technologies, which was conducted by "School 21" (an educational project of Sber) on its own platform.

Employees from Tatarstan Ministry of Digitalization, the Ministry of Justice of the republic, regional Ministry of Economy, Tatarstan Ministry of Construction and other agencies, as well as representatives from the Information Technology Centre of Tatarstan, Tattelecom Telecommunication Company and the Multifunctional Centre of the republic took part in the programme.