On 7 October 2016, within his working visit to Moscow, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov had a meeting with Chairman of the Board of PAO Gazprom Aleksey Miller. The meeting was also attended by Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade Albert Karimov and Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Informatisation and Communication Roman Shaykhutdinov.
During the meeting, parties discussed issues of cooperation development between Tatarstan and Gazprom.
During the meeting, Rustam Minnikhanov and Aleksey Miller signed an Agreement on Scientific and Technical Cooperation and Partnership between Tatarstan and PAO Gazprom. The document is scheduled until the end of 2020 and involves interaction in innovation, information, analysis, and expert spheres using the potential of the Innopolis University. Main areas for cooperation will be creation, development and application of information technologies and robotics in technological processes at mining and gas transportation facilities of Gazprom.