Mintimer Shaimiev meets with Naina Yeltsina

On March 10 Tatarstan State Counsellor Mintimer Shaimiev met with Naina Yeltsina, widow of the first Russian President B.N. Yeltsin.

Before the meeting Naina Yeltsina participated in the closing ceremony of the International youth tennis tournament “Yeltsin Cup” that was held in Kazan for the third time under the auspices of the charitable foundation of Boris Yeltsin. 128 sportsmen from 13 countries participated in the event this year.

At the meeting with Mintimer Shaimiev Naina Yeltsina shared her impressions about the closing ceremony at the Kazan Tennis Academy and thanked republican authorities for hospitality and excellent organisation. She said that the tournament was a tribute to the memory of the first Russian President Boris Yeltsin who liked visiting Tatarstan and treated republic and its citizens with respect. She introduced her grandson, Boris Yeltsin, to Mintimer Shaimiev.

Mintimer Shaimiev told Naina Yeltsina, member of the project “Tatarstan cultural heritage: the ancient town of Bolgar and the island town of Sviyazhsk”, about the project implementation. To the point, in 2011 Naina Yeltsina transferred 1 mln rubles to the account of the Republican foundation for historical and cultural monuments.