On 3 April 2016, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov made tour of production sites of Sukhoi Design Bureau, a branch of Sukhoi Company Aviation Production Association.
Tatarstan President was accompanied by Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade Albert Karimov, Assistant to the Tatarstan President Ravil Zaripov, Aide to the Tatarstan President Albert Nafigin, Director General of AO Kazan Giproniiaviaprom Boris Tikhomirov, and others.