Rustam Minnikhanov inspects harvesting in Muslyumovsky and Menzelinsky regions
8 August 2012, Wednesday
President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov has inspected harvesting on fields of Muslyumovsky, Menzelinsky and Tukaevsky municipal regions. President of republic was accompanied by Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of agriculture and foodstuff Marat Akhmetov.
Rustam Minnikhanov started from the Muslyumovsky region where he spoke to chiefs of farmsteads, investors and heads of settlements.
Then, the president flew to the Menzelinsky region (Topasevo village) on a helicopter. He was told about course of the harvest campaign and current situation, agricultural firms “Menzelinskie zori” and “Vamin-Menzelya”. Local authorities informed that for the moment 30.8 thousand hectares (more than 60 % of area) have been harvested.
Rustam Minnikhanov discussed problems of developing family farms with farmers and advised to follow the example of Muslyumovsky region.
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