Fayaz Shabaev: “47-48% drugs confiscated in Tatarstan Republic are of synthetic origin”
25 June 2013, Tuesday
On June 25 at a briefing dedicated to the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking (June 26) Chief of Russia’s Federal Agency for Drug Control in Tatarstan Republic Fayaz Shabaev said that about half of drugs confiscated in Tatarstan was of synthetic origin.
The event was traditionally held in a video conference format and broadcasted online. Representatives of all municipal regions took part in the briefing.
Fayaz Shabaev said that according to official statistics 8,5 thousand people in Russia and about 17 thousand in Tatarstan are drug addicts.
According to Fayaz Shabaev, the distribution of new synthetic drugs from China and Europe has a powerful influence on drug abuse situation.
Chief of Russia’s Federal Agency for Drug Control in Tatarstan Republic Fayaz Shabaev said that they do their best to prevent drug abuse and distribution. Thus, in spring 2013 activity of the criminal group that distributed synthetic drugs by Skype was suppressed.
On May 26, speaking at a briefing in the Cabinet of Ministers of the republic held in a videoconference mode with participation of all municipal regions of Tatarstan and focused on events scheduled for June 1, International Children’s Day, as well as the implementation of the “Summer in Tatarstan” programme, Deputy Prime Minister of the republic Leyla Fazleeva appealed that parents should closely supervise their children during recreational activities near water in order to prevent accidents.
On 18 May ay the CIPR conference in Nizhniy Nogorod the Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister Roman Shaykhutdinov, the Rector of the Innopolis University Aleksandr Gasnikpov and the Vice-rector of the University Yevgeny Bobrov will take part at round tables session of the conference.
Experts will discuss the role of Tatarstan and Innopolis as one of the key technological centers of the country and how regional innovative platforms help to solve tasks of the whole Russian industry. A special emphasis will be placed on the digital transformation of the oil and gas sector and how large clusters and scientific and technological centers are becoming drivers of industry change.
On 16 May, speaking at a meeting in the Government House of the republic held by the regional Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin with participation of the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the Minister of Agriculture and Food of the republic Marat Zyabbarov reported that the sowing of spring crops is in full swing in the republic with 1m 38 thousand hectares or 61 per cent of the planned have been sown.
On May 14, on the sidelines of the XVII International Economic Forum “Russia-the Islamic World: KazanForum”, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin and Head of the Federal Service for Accreditation Dmitry Volvach signed an agreement on interaction and cooperation in the development of the halal industry.