President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov took part in session of RF State Council Presidium
25 October 2010, Monday
On October, 25 President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov took part in session of RF State Council Presidium dedicated to social policy in relations to elderly people and improving level of their life.
The event was held by RF President Dmitry Medvedev.
Speaking to participants of the session, Dmitry Medvedev announced that care of elderly people is a state priority in our country. He reminded that today 30 mln. of elderly people live in Russia. One part of life quality of elderly people is medical aid and stable prices for medicines.
President of Russia paid special attention to the state of social institutions where elderly people also live. Besides RF President thinks that it is necessary to enhance the prestige of profession of social workers.
Head of RF Ministry of regional development Viktor Basargin informed about realization of program of housing improvement for veterans of Great Patriotic War.
Minister of economic development of Russia Elvira Nabiullina raised the question about providing employment among elderly people. Vice-premier of RF government Aleksandr Zhukov supported proposals on organizing special targeted programs on training old people.
Dmitry Medvedev suggested speeding up preparation of the bill about social services.
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.