On July 12 Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Kazan. He was met by First Deputy Chairman of Russian Government Igor Shuvalov, Plenipotentiary of Russian President in Volga Federal District Mikhail Babich, Russian Minister of Sport Vitaly Mutko, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov at the international airport “Kazan”.
Vladimir Putin is going to visit a number of sports venues constructed for 27th World Summer Universiade 2013 in Kazan. Upon arrival he visited the Rowing Centre, where he had a conversation with sportsmen. They thanked the President for perfect organisation of Summer Universiade.
Vladimir Putin, in his turn, thanked Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov saying that great work was done for the project implementation.
According to Vladimir Putin, all funds were allocated for the city development, construction of sports venues and roads. Kazan greatly changed and it has become a wonderful European city, he said.
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.