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On August 6, after his meeting with Marketing Director of Russian social network "VKontakte" Yaroslav Andreev and Manager for special projects Konstantin Sidorkov at Tatarstan Government House, Interim President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov decided to open his account in "VKontakte".

On August 5, at his meeting with Deputy Chairman of the Bank of Russia Vladimir Chistyukhin, Interim President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov discussed development of banking system, realization of anti-crisis programmes in the banking market and opportunities of Islamic banking.

On August 5, Interim President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov, FINA President Hulio Maglione, Tatarstan State Counsellor Mintimer Shaimiev, Chairman of State Council of the republic Farid Mukhametshin, and Minister of Youth Affairs and Sport Vladimir Leonov visited men’s high-diving final competitions of FINA World championship 2015 at the Kazanka River. Three Russian sportsmen took part in the competitions.

On August 5, at Tatarstan Government House, Interim President of the republic Rustam Minnikhanov had a meeting with representatives of Jinggong International Group, China, who arrived on a two-day working visit in Kazan. The guests have already visited Alabuga Specialized Economic Zone, and industrial enterprises in the Mamadysh region (Tatarstan).

A unique Internet resource, Information portal for small and medium-size enterprises has been launched in Tatarstan. Minister of Economy of the republic Artem Zdunov and Director General of the Agency for state order, investment activity and interregional relations of the Republic of Tatarstan Yakov Geller presented the new information portal at a briefing at Tatarstan Cabinet of Ministers.

On August 4, at the Tatarstan Government House, Interim President of the republic Rustam Minnikhanov handed over state awards of the Republic of Tatarstan to ex-players of Kazan hockey team “Ak Bars” Ilya Nikulin and Yevgeni Medvedev.