Rustam Minnikhanov meets with Russian film director Aleksandr Sokurov
21 April 2013, Sunday
On April 21 President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov met with a Russian film director Aleksandr Sokurov. The meeting was held at Tatarstan Government House with participation of Minister of Culture Airat Sibagatullin, Head of the Division of culture and development of Tatarstan people’s languages under Tatarstan Cabinet of Ministers Gulshat Nigmatullina. Issues of Russian cinema development and preservation of cultural heritage were discussed at the meeting.
Russian film director and People’s Artist of Russia Aleksandr Sokurov arrived in Kazan within the framework of a film show “Retrospective film show by Aleksandr Sokurov”. The event was initiated by the Fund of modern art, “Aurora 1991” gallery and the Fund of art, culture and education “Aleksandr” under the auspices of Tatarstan Ministry of Culture. Documentary and feature films were shown in Kazan on April 8-21.
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.