Regional New Year Party held in Kazan

On December 21, at his address, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov said that the Regional New Year’s Party held at the Tatneft-Arena brought together the brightest and most talented pupils from all over Tatarstan.

Speaking at the event, Minnikhanov expressed his confidence that in the future boys and girls will do their best to prosper the republic.

"I have no doubt that Tatarstan will flourish and be the leading region in our country thanks to you," he said.

According to him, the regional leadership’s task is to give an opportunity to reveal children’s talent and make them competitive in the modern world, being able to meet all the challenges and requirements of the modern society.

Tatarstan President appreciated participants of the Hot Heart Project, a 16-year-old resident of Nurlat town Ramil Gatin, who saved a baby from drowning in the river and gave him first aid during the summer holidays in 2012, a 16-year resident of Leninogorsk town Vladislav Serov, who saved a newly wedded couple taken far away from the shore by the wave in 2012 and rescued two children from drowning in the sea during a storm in the city of New Athos in 2013, a 15-year resident of the Aksubaevo region Rinat Suleimanov, who save a boy from drowning in the river in July 2011.