On June 24 Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov and Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin visited construction materials hypermarket Leroy Merlin in Kazan.
Leroy Merlin is a French retailer company that specializes in sales of construction and decoration materials. The company was founded in 1923 in the North of France and today takes the 3d place in Europe by sales of construction goods.
The first Leroy Merlin store opened in Mytishchi in 2004. There are now 25 hypermarkets in 14 Russian cities.
New Leroy Merlin hypermarket opened in Kazan between Chistopolskaya and Amirkhan streets on June 19. The company carried out work on improving the surrounding area and constructed parking for 932 cars.
The amount of investments in the project made 1 bln rubles. Total area of the store is 18 thousand m².
During the excursion around the store Rustam Minnikhanov saw the whole variety of goods (33 thousand items).
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.