Rustam Minnikhanov visits farewell bell event and the oldest mosque in Volgograd
24 May 2014, Saturday
On May 24, during his working trip to Volgograd region, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov visited farewell bell event at one of Volgograd schools and the oldest mosque in the region.
In the morning during their meeting at Government House of Volgograd region Tatarstan President and Acting Governor of the region Andrey Bocharov discussed cooperation of two regions.
Later on the same day, Rustam Minnikhanov and Andrey Bocharov visited farewell bell event in Volgograd school No. 78. Tatarstan President wished students to pass their exams successfully and invited them to continue education at Kazan higher educational institutions.
In an old Tatar village Malye Chapurniki near Volgograd Tatarstan President visited an 250-year-old mosque, where mufti Ilyas hazrat Bektimirov and imam Bulat hazrat Ramazanov told about the history of mosque and activity of local Muslim religious organizations.
Afterwards, Tatarstan President and Andrey Bocharov took part in All-Russia village Sabantui.
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.
On 24 April, upon his arrival to the Kazan International Airport, the Defense Minister of China Dong Jun was welcomed by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin, representatives of the General Consulate of China in Kazan and other officials
On 24 April in the Government House of the republic, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin held a joint meeting the Council for Enforcement of Legislation of Languages of Tatarstan and the organizational committee for celebrations of the 140th birthday of Gabdulla Tukay which summarized results of work of the regional law enforcement on official languages of the republic and considered progress of the implementation of the plan of main events for preparation and celebration of the 140th birthday of Gabdulla Tukay .
On 21 April, speaking at a briefing in the Government House of the republic, the Head of the Russian Federal Tax Service for Tatarstan Marat Safiullin said that slightly more than one week is left to file an income tax return for 2025 with the tax service. According to the results of the tax campaign 5.5.bn rubles should come to the regional budget, he said and informed who should submit declarations and who is entitled to benefits.