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At the Infotech-2025 forum in Tyumen, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, Chief of Staff of Russian Government Dmitry Grigorenko spoke about the importance of artificial intelligence (AI) in the work of regional governments and cited practical examples.

Letai is strengthening its position:

• 1,938 communication sites across the republic—the best result among operators;

• Over 93% of base stations are connected to fiber-optic communication lines (FOCL), ensuring reliability and 5G readiness;

• All key network elements—the core, billing and analytics—have been updated and proprietary digital infrastructure management solutions have been implemented.

In the final, the digital team met with the team of the Administration of the Rais of Tatarstan, which took second place. Tatarstan Minister of Digitalization Ilya Nachvin, scored the decisive point, winning the singles match 15-14!

From October 14 to 16, participants discussed technological needs in nine key areas of digitalization at the Bashir Rameev IT Park.

Now every Friday, an open discussion about important issues for Tatarstan IT industry will be held in the format of a lively dialogue with professionals: about prospects, ideas and joint steps.

Thirty talented first-year students of ITIS Institute officially received grants in the Software Engineering programme.

Each first-year grant covers 100% of the annual tuition, providing an excellent start in the profession for future IT specialists.

The competitive selection was conducted by a Commission consisting of representatives of the Ministry of Digitalization of Tatarstan, ITIS and leading IT companies. The winners were applicants with the highest Unified State Exam scores in mathematics, computer science and Russian language.

Deputy Minister of Digitalization of Tatarstan Bulat Gabdrakhmanov addressed the students with an inspiring message:

The "Life Situation" service – "Protection from Online Fraud" – combines a range of protection measures, including all the anti-fraud tools available on the State Services Portal, including:

At the weekly meeting, the results of the virtual urban services designer—a digital bot that makes it easier for residents to submit requests for services, including those related to compliance with individual housing construction projects and other parameters—were presented.

The Kazan Urban Transformation Centre continues its active development:

• 64 projects are being implemented by the center's team, including the digitalization of municipal services, process optimization and the creation of a 3D model of the city;

• 22 specialists work on the center's team, supporting the digital transformation of municipal governance;

• 72 digital municipal services have been converted to electronic format of which 85% of applications are submitted digitally.

The center's key infrastructure projects include the development of the Integrated Municipal Geographic Information System, which includes more than 20.3 million facilities, 500+ registries, and 1,000+ information layers, used by 1,290 employees from 32 structural divisions.

The "FOXYKIDS" team, supported by IT Park, competed against a team from Voronezh, Russia.