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 5 February Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin took part in ceremony of awarding winners of the regional competition “The Woman of the Year. The Man of the Year: A Woman’s View” held at the Korston Leisure and Recreation Center in Kazan.
On 4 March at a briefing in the Government House of the republic Tatarstan Minister of Land and Property Relation Fanil Agliullin told about changes in land legislation enforced from 1 March of the current year. He said that they simplify a number of procedures for land plot owners including expanding the possibilities for land use and changing the rules for changing the category of a plot.
On 2 March in her address on the occasion of the Mentor’s Day, Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister Leyla Fazleeva congratulated residents of the republic with the event and wrote: “Since 2025 this holiday established by Russian President Vladimir Putin has occupied a worthy place in the calendar of significant dates of our country, emphasizing the high status and significance of the mentoring mission.
On 28 February, speaking at a meeting held by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin in the Government House of the republic with all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the Director of the Fund “The Institute of Development of Tatarstan Cities” Nailya Nagumanova informed about preparation to the implementation of the Our Yard programme in the republic.