Rustam Minnikhanov: “We are for strong Tatarstan, strong Russia and this is the key to our success”
14 September 2014, Sunday
On September 14, speaking at a festive event held at the Kazan-Arena stadium, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov said that the election of deputies of Tatarstan State Council of the 5th convocation was successful.
An hour after the polls closed in the republic, Rustam Minnikhanov addressed thousands of people from the stage of the Kazan-Arena stadium.
"Today's event is important in the life of our republic. We have elected deputies of the State Council of the fifth convocation. The vast majority of the electorate voted in the republic. The election was successful," Minnikhanov said.
He thanked the audience for their participation in the election and expressed his gratitude to the city administration for arranging celebrations in the stadium.
"We see how our capital and our republic are changing. We love our republic and will do everything to make it prosper. We are for strong Tatarstan, strong Russia, and this is the key to our success. Together we all win!" he said.
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.
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