Rustam Minnikhanov meets with U.N. Senior Counsellor for Human Rights in Russia Richard Komenda

President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov has met with U.N. Senior Counsellor for Human Rights in Russia Richard Komenda. The meeting was held at the Tatarstan Government House with participation of the Tatarstan Commissioner for Human Rights Sariya Saburskaya, Minister of culture Airat Sibagatullin, Chief of the RT Presidential Department for domestic issues Aleksandr Terentiev.

Mr Richard Komenda arrived in Kazan to participate in research and practice seminar meant for Russian human rights commissioners “Prevention of ethnic and confessional discrimination”. The event is organised by the Department of U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, Russian and Tatarstan human rights commissioners.

Problems of ethnic and confessional discrimination were discussed at the meeting. Rustam Minnikhanov thanked Richard Komenda for holding the seminar in Kazan. He noted that Tatarstan is one of multi-ethnic and multi-confessional Russian regions.