President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov has arrived in the Netherlands with official Russian delegation to participate in opening of the Year of Russia in the Netherlands and the Year of the Netherlands in Russia. The opening ceremony will be held today with participation of President of Russia Vladimir Putin and Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands.
The event will be held in Hermitage on the Amstel (Amsterdam).
The agreement about announcing 2013 the Year of Russia in the Netherlands and the Year of the Netherlands in Russia was made in 2009. An organizing committee comprised of representatives of Russia and the Netherlands was established for preparation and holding of the event.
Within the framework of the event countries will exchange official visits on a higher level, economic delegations, and hold a number of cultural and social events.
As for the Republic of Tatarstan as one of Russian regions, a performance of M.Dhzalil Tatar academic state opera and ballet theatre will be held in Rotterdam in April within the framework of the Year of the Netherlands in Russia. In August 2013 representatives of Tatarstan will take part in annual Festival of national culture “Constellation of Russia” in the Netherlands.
A Dutch accordion duo “Toeac” will perform in June 2013 in Kazan. From September to November the exhibition “Return of Dutch orientalist Marius Bauer to Moscow” will be organized in State Museum of Fine Arts of the Republic of Tatarstan.
A solemn closing ceremony of the Year of the Netherlands in Russia will be held in Moscow in November 2013.
On 12 January, congratulating employees of the prosecutor’s office with their professional holiday - Day of the employee of the Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation- Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin wrote in his address:
“For more than three centuries the prosecutor's office has been the guardian of state and public security as well as constitutional rights and freedoms of citizens of our country.
On 10 January, speaking at a meeting held by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin in the Government House of the republic with all municipality regions taking part in it via videoconference, the regional Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing Utilities Sector Marat Ayzatutllin informed that in the current year the Ministry will take part in implementation of five national projects and three state programmes with planned construction and capital overhaul of 172 facilities for the total sum of 17bn rubles.
On 10 January, speaking at a meeting held by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin in the Government House of the republic with all municipality regions taking part in it via videoconference, the regional Minister of Agriculture and Food Marat Zyabbarov informed that it is expected to achieve a comparable growth of produce of 1.5%, including that in food production - at least 2.6% in the agricultural sector.
On 4 January Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin, who is the First Deputy Chairman of the Commission of prevention and elimination of emergency situation and ensuring fire safety of the republic, has taken a decision to put into operation the “Buran” (Snow storm) plan in Tatarstan starting from 2 pm on 4 January until the consequences of adverse meteorological events are eliminated by ministries, departments and organizations which ensure the smooth movement of road and rail transport in winter.