RT President spoke to heads of family farms of Rybno-Slobodsky region
3 November 2011, Thursday
Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov and his accompanying persons visited the base of agricultural consumer cooperative “Zagotkontora” “Rybnaya Sloboda” during the working visit to Rybno-Slobodsky region (the Republic of Tatarstan).
RT President was accompanied by Deputy PM – Minister of agriculture and foodstuff Marat Akhmetov, deputies of Russian State Duma and region’s head Ilkham Valeev.
Rustam Minnikhanov overhauled a workshop on producing horse sausage, wool combing workshop ad a horse farm. Besides he held meetings with heads of agricultural households and family farms. He was interested in development of family farms and problems they have. Rustam Minnikhanov promised to settle existing problems.
Currently 13 family farms are functioning in the region. Another four farms are planned to be organized by the end of year. Tatarstan President also visited sports complex “Dolphin” where competitions were being held.
On 9 May Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin took part in a ceremony of laying flowers to the monument “The victorious soldier” dedicated to the celebrations of the Day of Victory in the Great Patriotic War (WW II) 1941-1945 and held at Arsk cemetery in Kazan.
On 8 May, speaking at a meeting held by the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov in the Government House of the republic with participation of the Acting Chairman of the State Council of the republic Marat Akhmetov and the regional Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin, the Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing Utilities Sector of the republic Marat Ayzatullin reported that capital overhaul of social facilities is in full swing in the republic with 170 educational facilities having been included into regional and federal programmes.
On 4 May at a briefing held in the Tatarstan Government House it was told that currently there are 92 combat veterans, the last witnesses of the Great Patriotic War (WW II) of 1941-1945, living in the republic. The briefing also informed about veterans’ support measures and how the republic is planning to celebrate the Victory Day on 9 May.
The Deputy Prime Minister of the republic Leyla Fazleeva told that names of 353 Heroes of the Soviet Union from Tatarstan “ are immortalized in street names, on memorials, in monuments and squares and, of course, in our memory”. “The Victory Day is the day of memory, mourning and joy. It is the event which today should be clearly understandable to all young people and younger generation of Tatarstan,” she said.
On 24 April, upon his arrival to the Kazan International Airport, the Defense Minister of China Dong Jun was welcomed by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin, representatives of the General Consulate of China in Kazan and other officials