Awarding of first badges of honour “For contribution to development of Parliamentarism” takes place
30 May 2015, Saturday
On May 30, at solemn meeting of deputies and public representatives, dedicated to 25th anniversary of establishing parliamentarism in contemporary history of Tatarstan Republic, the first Tatarstan President, Tatarstan State Counsellor Mintimer Shaimiev, Chairman of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly Valentina Matvienko, Acting President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and such public figures as Indus Tagirov, Valentina Lipuzhina and Deputy of Tatarstan State Council Razil Valeev were awarded with the badges of honour “For contribution to development of Parliamentarism” for the first time.
The badge of honour “For contribution to development of Parliamentarism” was instituted in April, 2015. It is awarded to Russian and foreign citizens who have made a special contribution to developing Russian and Tatarstan legislation, parliamentary, civil society, democracy and inter-parliamentary relations and strengthening legitimateness, as well as for active social and political activities, long-term fruitful work in legislative (representative) bodies.
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.
On 27 March, speaking at a ceremonial event dedicated to celebrations of the Day of Russian National Guard held at the Kazan City Hall with participation of the Chief of the Office of the Staff of the Rais of the republic Asgat Safarov, heads of law-enforcement bodies of the republic and veterans and employees of the territorial Directorate of the National Guard, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin said that the Russian National Guard Directorate for the republic Republic of Tatarstan is traditionally acknowledged as one of the best in the country.