Tatarstan President visits Kazan Theological Seminary
28 September 2014, Sunday
On September 28, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov accompanied by Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Education and Science of the republic Engel Fattakhov, Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin, Tatarstan Minister of Construction Irek Faizullin, Metropolitan of Kazan and Tatarstan Anastasy visited the Kazan Theological Seminary.
Tatarstan President looked around a repaired dining room and a library, where, according to Metropolitan Anastasy, about 70,000 books and documents are stored.
Rustam Minnikhanov also inspected a new sports complex, which is required according to new rules of accreditation of educational facilities. At the forum of the Orthodox Community of Tatarstan held on May 13 this year, the seminary leadership addressed Tatarstan President with a request to help them in building a sports complex. Rustam Minnikhanov promised to allocate funds for this purpose at that moment and today he visited the new finished complex, which occupies an area of 650 square meters. Its construction cost, including equipment, made 30 million roubles.
Tatarstan President presented a mini-bus to the seminary.
On 1 April Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin and Russian Minister of Healthcare Mikhail Murashko introduced Ayrat Farrakhov, who was appointed the Acting Rector of Kazan State Medical University (KSMU) to its staff.
In his speech Mikhail Murashko emphasized that today KSMU is rightfully considered one of the most respected in the country and said:”Ayrat (Zakievich) has been officially appointed the Acting Rector and I am sure that under his leadership the University will maintain the positions it has achieved and, of course, will continue its development.”
On 31 March in the Government House of the republic Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister Leyla Fazleeva hold a meeting of the Commission on the Russian language under the Rais of Tatarstan, which considered key issues of supporting and developing Russian language, including new educational initiatives and discussed programmes of popularization of Russian literature and activities to preserve the language heritage.
On 28 March, speaking at a meeting held by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin in the Government House of the republic with participation of the Acting Chairman of the State Council of the republic Marat Akhmetov and all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the regional Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources Azat Ziganshin informed that the regional central cleaning up action will be held in the republic on 25 April and clarified that the location of the national cleanup day will be announced later as the site will be chosen taking into account the opinions of Tatarstan residents.
On 28 March, speaking at a meeting held by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin in the Government House of the republic with participation of the regional and the Acting Chairman of the State Council of the republic Marat Akhmetov and all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the regional Deputy Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing Utilities Sector Damir Shaydullin informed about statistics on the collection of utility bills payments from the population and data on the payment discipline of enterprises and organizations of the republic.