Sergei Shoigu presents Pennant of the Russian Ministry of Defence to Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov for the best training of citizens for military service
8 June 2013, Saturday
During his working trip to Naberezhnye Chelny Russian Minister of Defence, General of the Army Sergei Shoigu presented Pennant of the Russian Ministry of Defence to Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov for the victory in the contest for best training of citizens for military service and organisation of military conscription among Russian regions in 2012.
According to Sergei Shoigu, the best results were achieved due to interaction and well-coordinated work of executive authorities, local self-government, military commissariats and public organisations. Tatarstan received the Pennant for the 6th time.
Sergei Shoigu also presented Letter of Gratitude of the Russian Government to Rustam Minnikhanov for merits in consolidation of defence capacity of the country and high achievements in training of citizens for military service, and honorary diplomas of the Russian Ministry of Defence to Rustam Minnikhanov and first Vice-premier Ravil Muratov for assistance in dealing with tasks assigned to Russian Ministry of Defence.
In his address on the occasion of the Russian Science Day, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin congratulated scientists, researchers and lecturers of the republic with the event and wrote: “Science has always been and remains one of the main driving forces of progress and foundation for the development of economy, social sphere and education. Due to your talent, work and dedication to your vocation Tatarstan occupies the leading positions in many scientific spheres starting from petrochemical and IT technologies to biotechnologies and materials engineering. Today, based on glorious traditions of Russian and Tatarstan scientists, you are making a substantial contribution into ensuring scientific and technological sovereignty of Russia and solve the most important tasks of import replacement, digitalization and sustainable development.
On February 3, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin took part in a ceremony of opening XXI All-Russia competitions in fire-rescue sports for the Cup of the Tatarstan Prime Minister, held in the gym of the Chief Department of the Russian Emergencies Ministry for Tatarstan with participation of 21 teams from various regions of Russia - a total of about 430 people.
On 31 January, speaking at a meeting held by the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov in the Government House of the republic with participation of the regional Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin and all municipality regions taking part in it via videoconference, the regional Deputy Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing Utilities Sector Damir Shaydullin reported that capital overhaul of nine school in eight municipalities of the republic has started.
On 28 January Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin took part in an extended joint meeting of the Main Directorate of Russian Emergencies Ministry for Tatarstan and a collegium of the Ministry for Civil Defense, Emergency Management and Natural Disaster Response of the republic which summarized results of work of the territorial subsystem of the unified state system for the prevention and elimination of emergency situations of the republic in 2025 and set tasks for 2026.
In his keyword report the Head of the Main Directorate Irek Kadamov informed that there were 3 758 man-caused fires in the republic which killed 128 people and injured 177. Through joint efforts, we have managed to reduce the number of man-caused fires by more than 10%, the number of injured by 12 per cent, however the number of killed increased by 13 people, he said.