Rustam Minnikhanov: “Kazan Federal University is the pride of Tatarstan and the whole Russia”

On December 6, at the Tatneft-Arena Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, Tatarstan State Counsellor Mintimer Shaimiev, Russia’s Minister of Communication and Media Nikolay Nikiforov, Russia’ Deputy Minister of Education and Science Alexander Klimov, Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin, several thousands of students and employees took part in a solemn event dedicated to the 210th anniversary of Kazan Federal University.

Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov congratulated the University staff, its students and alumni on the occasion. "Kazan Federal University is the pride not only of Tatarstan. It is one of the leading educational institutions of Russia. And I believe that the university will be able to hit the list of the world’s top 100 universities," he said.

“I am proud of you. You are the best specialists we have in the republic. I hope that the prosperity of the republic will go along with the prosperity of the university,” Minnikhanov continued.

Nikolai Nikiforov also congratulated the Alma Mater on the anniversary. According to him, the university students are people who will make life better in Kazan, Tatarstan, and Russia. Nikolai Nikiforov reminded the audience on the importance Russia’s President Vladimir Putin attached to higher education in his annual address and expressed his confidence that the graduates of the university will be able to deal with challenges, the country is facing.