Mintimer Shaimiev arrives in Semey town in Kazakhstan
15 June 2013, Saturday
On June 16 Tatarstan delegation led by State CounselorMintimer Shaimiev arrived in Semey town in Kazakhstan Republic to take part in Tatar national holiday “Sabantui”.
Chairman of State Council Committee on culture, sciences, education and national issues Razil Valeev, Head of Administration of Nurlat region Nail Sharapov, Deputy Minister of Culture Guzel Nigmatullina, Chairman of Executive Committee of the World Congress of Tatars Rinat Zakirov, Consul General of Kazakhstan in Kazan Askhat Nuskabai are on the delegation.
Guests from Tatarstan Republic will also visit the museum of a famous Kazakh poet and public figure Abai Kunanbaev, and look over the exhibition of Tatarstan People’s Artist Kamil Mullashev who lives in Kazakhstan.
Moreover, a meeting with members of the Tatar diaspora and ethno-cultural centres, trees planting in the park founded by Tatarstan Ministry of Forestry and Kazakhstan company “Baiterek-Zheu”, visit to the Central Mosque and Tatar school of arts are on the agenda.
In the evening Tatarstan delegation will take part in presentation of state prizes of Tatarstan Republic to members of the Tatar diaspora and the concert of Tatarstan masters (the Abai theatre).
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.