Rustam Minnikhanov and ITAR-TASS Director General Sergei Mikhailov discuss prospects of information cooperation
4 February 2013, Monday
President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and ITAR-TASS Director General Sergei Mikhailov discussed prospects of information cooperation. The meeting was held at the RT Government House with participation of Chief of the Republican agency for press and mass communications “Tatmedia” Irek Minnakhmetov, Director General of ANO “Executive office of XXVII World summer Universiade 2013 in Kazan” Vladimir Leonov.
ITAR-TASS is interested in close cooperation with regions and increase of information flow from different subjects of the federation. In particular, for Tatarstan main newsworthy event is preparation and holding of Universiade in Kazan.
Earlier Rustam Minnikhanov and Sergei Mikhailov discussed opportunities of mutually beneficial cooperation at the meeting in Moscow on January 31, 2012. That time they also came to an agreement that specialists of the information agency would come to Kazan for detailed consideration of the issue.
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On 31 March in the Government House of the republic Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister Leyla Fazleeva hold a meeting of the Commission on the Russian language under the Rais of Tatarstan, which considered key issues of supporting and developing Russian language, including new educational initiatives and discussed programmes of popularization of Russian literature and activities to preserve the language heritage.
On 28 March, speaking at a meeting held by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin in the Government House of the republic with participation of the Acting Chairman of the State Council of the republic Marat Akhmetov and all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the regional Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources Azat Ziganshin informed that the regional central cleaning up action will be held in the republic on 25 April and clarified that the location of the national cleanup day will be announced later as the site will be chosen taking into account the opinions of Tatarstan residents.
On 28 March, speaking at a meeting held by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin in the Government House of the republic with participation of the regional and the Acting Chairman of the State Council of the republic Marat Akhmetov and all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the regional Deputy Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing Utilities Sector Damir Shaydullin informed about statistics on the collection of utility bills payments from the population and data on the payment discipline of enterprises and organizations of the republic.
On 27 March, speaking at a ceremonial event dedicated to celebrations of the Day of Russian National Guard held at the Kazan City Hall with participation of the Chief of the Office of the Staff of the Rais of the republic Asgat Safarov, heads of law-enforcement bodies of the republic and veterans and employees of the territorial Directorate of the National Guard, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin said that the Russian National Guard Directorate for the republic Republic of Tatarstan is traditionally acknowledged as one of the best in the country.