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At a press conference, Deputy Minister of Digitalization of Tatarstan Aleksey Klontsak spoke about the development of the Max messenger ecosystem and digital services for residents of the republic.

Today, Max has become a full-fledged multiplatform for citizens. Here, residents not only communicate with loved ones, friends and colleagues but also helps in everyday life. The total number of subscribers to public channels in Tatarstan has reached 1.2 million people with more than 650,000 residents of the republic reading news content on a monthly basis.

Beeline has completed another stage of connecting rural areas of the republic to high-speed mobile internet. Internet access has become available in 92 villages and settlements with populations of up to 500 people, located across 33 municipal regions of Tatarstan.

On the eve of the heating season, criminals started sending citizens fake messages about utility service debts. In these notices, they demand payment of non-existent arrears and include phishing links.
If the recipient follows the specified link, they risk transferring their funds to the fraudsters' account.

On September 25, 2026, the Bashir Ramayev IT Park will host the conference “Critical 2026”, which will bring together IT company leaders, information security directors and top managers from major businesses to discuss corporate technological resilience.

Today, security systems block thousands of cyberattacks daily, but in recent years the number of cybercrimes leveraging artificial intelligence has nearly doubled. In this context, companies should promptly update their defenses and counter new cyber threats.

On November 2025, the official MFC chatbot of Tatarstan was launched in the Max messenger and has become a convenient assistant for residents in less than a year. Since the beginning of 2026, Tatarstan residents have used it to make appointments at multifunctional centers more than 131,000 times.

The service also enables automatic tracking of document statuses. If a user is registered in the messenger, the system sends a notification. Since the start of the year, residents have received over 1.3 million such notifications about service readiness.

Voting for connecting villages and settlements with populations ranging from 100 to 1,000 residents to mobile internet in 2027 was launched on the State Services Portal (Gosuslugi). The vote is being held under the federal project "Bridging the Digital Divide" and the national project "Data Economy and Digital Transformation of the State." Participation is open until November 8, 2026.

This programme is aimed at ensuring that, regardless of their place of residence, every individual can access digital services, study online and stay in touch with loved ones at any time. Adult citizens of the Russian Federation are eligible to vote. You may cast your vote only for a locality in the region where you are officially registered — for example, a village or settlement where your relatives or friends reside.

Since 2014, the “People’s Inspector” State System has been operating in Tatarstan, allowing residents to report traffic violations and damage to the urban environment. Over its entire operation, active residents have submitted more than 1 million requests.

On September 4, at the XVI International Salon of Security Equipment, Rostelecom Telecommunication Company spoke about the progress of implementing the GIS “Digital Fire Garrison” project in cooperation with EMERCOM and the Ministry of Digital Development of Russia. The presented solution automates the workflows of rescue services. The system can keep track of firefighting equipment, promptly receive calls, manage personnel actions and export response data. The programme is built on the GosTech platform, with Rostelecom listed as the developer.

MWS AI (part of MTS Web Services) conducted a survey to learn how residents of Tatarstan and other regions feel about creating their digital copy. More than half of respondents in the Volga region are willing to create a digital copy, mainly to be there for loved ones after death. Compared with the national indicator, the willingness to create a copy during life is slightly higher in the Volga Federal District. Most respondents believe this technology should be regulated by law.

Tatarstan continues submitting applications to the regional competition “Innovation of the Year – 2026.” Students, researchers and technology entrepreneurs can present their developments and receive financial support of up to 500,000 roubles. Applications are accepted until September 30, 2026 on the official website.