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On November 7 Chairman of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly Valentina Matvienko, accompanied by Chairman of State Council Farid Mukhametshin and other officials looked around a number of unique orthodox, historical and architectural monuments of the island town. During a sightseeing tour Valentina Matvienko saw the reconstruction works within the framework of the complex programme “Cultural heritage of Tatarstan: ancient town of Bolgar and island town of Sviyazhsk”.

On November 7 Tatarstan State Counsellor Mintimer Shaimiev took part in a session of the Council of Public Television of Russia, which started its broadcasting in May this year, in Moscow.

On November 7 after a field session of the Council on issues of intellectual property, Chairman of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly Valentina Matvienko said that once the decision about establishing Ministry of Construction, Architecture, Housing and Municipal Economy was made, there is no need to create a special Ministry responsible for national affairs.

On November 7 Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov took part in a video conference of Government commission on using information technologies for improvement of quality of life and conditions for doing business held by Chairman of Russian Government Dmitry Medvedev.

On November 7 at a field meeting of the Council on issues of intellectual property “The role of Russian regions in development of the market of intellectual rights” held by Chairman of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly Valentina Matvienko, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov said that development of the market of intellectual property is important for all Russian regions.