Head of Government introduces new Tatarstan Minister of Forestry to the ministry employees
18 September 2014, Thursday
On September 18, Almas Nazirov, the former head of Arsk municipal region (Tatarstan), has been appointed the new Minister of Forestry of the republic.
Nail Magdeev, who led Tatarstan Minister of Forestry since 2010, has resigned his post due to a transfer to another job.
Head of Tatarstan Government Ildar Khalikov introduced new Minister of Forestry of the republic to the ministry employees. On behalf of Tatarstan President, Government and Parliament of the republic, he thanked Nail Magdeev for his work at the ministerial office, noting good results achieved by the ministry.
The Prime Minister especially thanked Nail Magdeev for his assistance in holding the Universiade 2013, revival of the historic center of Kazan, etc.
The new Minister of Forestry assured that with a good team formed by Magdeev the task set in terms of conservation and efficient use of forest resources will be achieved.
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