Tatarstan President hands keys from “Niva” cars to Tatarstan forest officers
19 September 2014, Friday
On September 19, on the threshold of the Forestry Day, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov handed keys from 50 “Niva” cars to Tatarstan forest officers and congratulated them on their professional holiday.
Rustam Minnikhanov also wished good luck to Tatarstan ex- minister of forestry Nail Magdeev in his new position, - Acting Head of Naberezhnye Chelny Executive Committee, and current minister of forestry Almas Nazirov.
On behalf of Tatarstan forest officers, Head of Nizhnekamsk forest district Airat Mingazov thanked Rustam Minnikhanov for his help and support, and noted that much attention is paid to Tatarstan forestry sector.
Speaking at the event, Nail Magdeev said that Europe’s biggest softwood processing plant will open in the republic soon.
“We are grateful to Tatarstan President for his continuous support and care for us. We will do our best to justify your confidence,” new head of Tatarstan Ministry of Forestry 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