Rustam Minnikhanov: “Preparation for 70th anniversary of Victory should become a matter of honour for each Tatarstan citizen”
8 May 2013, Wednesday
On May 8 Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov held a session of organizing committee on preparation for 70th anniversary of Victory in Great Patriotic War 1941-1945 at Tatarstan Government House.
Tatarstan Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov, heads of ministries and agencies, employees of State Council, heads of municipalities and veterans of Great Patriotic War participated in the session. Tatarstan President noted that two years are left till celebration of 70th anniversary of Victory in Great Patriotic War.
Rustam Minnikhanov continued that 103 thousand 879 veterans currently live in Tatarstan. He noted that within the last few years, material and social support of veterans had considerably improved, work on providing comprehensive medical services had been organized, veterans receive high technology medical aid.
238 veterans live in nursing homes. Therefore, Rustam Minnikhanov stressed that the Ministry of Labour and Social Services should make their living as comfortable as possible.
Veterans’ requests sent to government authorities require special consideration. According to Rustam Minnikhanov, 52 requests were received from veterans in first quarter of 2013. Most frequently asked questions concern improvement of living conditions, and housing and communal services.
Another important issue upon preparation for 70th anniversary of Victory in Great Patriotic War is patriotic education of the youth.
On 1 April Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin and Russian Minister of Healthcare Mikhail Murashko introduced Ayrat Farrakhov, who was appointed the Acting Rector of Kazan State Medical University (KSMU) to its staff.
In his speech Mikhail Murashko emphasized that today KSMU is rightfully considered one of the most respected in the country and said:”Ayrat (Zakievich) has been officially appointed the Acting Rector and I am sure that under his leadership the University will maintain the positions it has achieved and, of course, will continue its development.”
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.
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