Tatarstan President visits outdoor entertainment sites in Kazan
27 December 2013, Friday
On December 27 Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov accompanied by Kazan Mayor Ilsur Metshin visited the New Year Tree in the Millennium park, ice village near the Puppet Theater and ice skating rink at Kazan Arena stadium.
Rustam Minnikhanov saw festive performance near the New Year Tree and talked to citizens in the Millennium part.
Tatarstan President also looked around construction works in the ice village located near the Puppet Theater. According to builders, the village is expected to be open on December 30. Ice sculptures, snow fortresses to play snowball and ice-hills will be located there.
Later on the same day, Rustam Minnikhanov together with Ilsur Metshin tried the ice skating rink at Kazan Arena Stadium and drank tea at an outdoor café afterwards.
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.