President of Tatarstan meets with managers of international center of education “Atlantic”
26 June 2012, Tuesday
The Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov has met with Chairman of supervision board of the international center of education “Atlantic”, Counsellor of the RF Minister of education and science Felix Shamkhalov and Director General of the international center of education “Atlantic” Faruk Kaya.
Vice-premier – Chief of the RT Cabinet Staff Shamil Gafarov, RT Minister of education and science Albert Gilmutdinov, Chief of Kazan executive committee Aleksei Pesoshin took part in the meeting at the RT Government House.
The international center of education “Atlantic” offers education in private schools and kindergartens in Moscow and St.Petersburg. Education is based on the Cambridge international program. Schools are provided with modern computer classes and subject laboratories. Students can learn French, Spanish and German languages. A large number of creative and sport groups are also available.
Attendees of the meeting discussed prospects of cooperation between Tatarstan and the “Atlantic” center, in particular, opening of “Atlantic” school in Kazan.
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