As of May 3, 440 thousand hectares of spring crops sown in Tatarstan
3 May 2014, Saturday
On May 3, at a video conference with participation of all municipalities held by Tatarstan Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov, Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Agriculture and Food Marat Akhmetov reported on the progress of the sowing campaign.
As of May 3, 440 thousand hectares (25 per cent) of spring crops and 19.2 thousand hectares (39 per cent) of sugar beet have been sown in Tatarstan.
Reporting on the state of winter crops, Marat Akhmetov noted that in general 90 per cent of winter crops are in a good or satisfactory state. By and large, 588.5 thousand hectares of winter crops have been sown in Tatartsan, including 271.5 thousand hectares of winter wheat and 301.6 thousand hectares of winter rye.
The Minister said that 80 thousand tonnes of reduced-price diesel fuel have been provided to carry out spring field works in Tatarstan.
Tatarstan President's Press Office, Elena Britvina
On May 14, Prime Minister of Tajikistan Kokhir Rasulzoda, who arrived on a working visit in Kazan to take part in the events of the XVII International Economic Forum “Russia-the Islamic World: KazanForum”, was met by Prime Minister of the republic Aleksey Pesoshin and other officials at the Kazan International Airport.
On 9 May Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin took part in a ceremony of laying flowers to the monument “The victorious soldier” dedicated to the celebrations of the Day of Victory in the Great Patriotic War (WW II) 1941-1945 and held at Arsk cemetery in Kazan.
On 8 May, speaking at a meeting held by the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov in the Government House of the republic with participation of the Acting Chairman of the State Council of the republic Marat Akhmetov and the regional Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin, the Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing Utilities Sector of the republic Marat Ayzatullin reported that capital overhaul of social facilities is in full swing in the republic with 170 educational facilities having been included into regional and federal programmes.
On 4 May at a briefing held in the Tatarstan Government House it was told that currently there are 92 combat veterans, the last witnesses of the Great Patriotic War (WW II) of 1941-1945, living in the republic. The briefing also informed about veterans’ support measures and how the republic is planning to celebrate the Victory Day on 9 May.
The Deputy Prime Minister of the republic Leyla Fazleeva told that names of 353 Heroes of the Soviet Union from Tatarstan “ are immortalized in street names, on memorials, in monuments and squares and, of course, in our memory”. “The Victory Day is the day of memory, mourning and joy. It is the event which today should be clearly understandable to all young people and younger generation of Tatarstan,” she said.