President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov takes part in session of Media club

The first meeting of Media club has been held in Authorized representative office of the Republic of Tatarstan in Russian Federation. About 60 journalists, who are Tatarstaners by origin and cooperate with republic because of their activity, attended the event.

The reason of creating such public organization was support of public initiatives connected with intention to make overall contribution to development of economy and investments, national culture and language. The club unites more than 100 representatives of mass media – editors, journalists and television anchormen.

Heads of Republican agency for press and mass communications, representatives of federal and Moscow mass media, TV and radio broadcasting company “Novy Vek” took part in the first meeting. The space bridge with Tatarstan journalists was organized in the studio of IA “Tatar-inform”.

Ambassador plenipotentiary of RT in RF Ravil Akhmetshin welcomed participants of the session. Then First deputy head of Republican agency for press and mass communications Farid Shagiakhmetov told about activity of JSC “Tatmedia” and media environment of the Republic of Tatarstan. In particular, he noted that interaction with federal mass media had been established in republic.

Heads of leading republican mass media - TV and radio broadcasting company “TNV”, IA “Tatar-inform” and magazine “Tatarstan” presented their companies. Head of RT President Press service Andrey Kuzmin told about facilities of Governmental portal.

Director General of Information agency “Tatar-inform” Leonid Tolchinsky presented the agency. He informed that IA “Tatar-inform” is the only national agency which gives its own original information in national language, maintains the Latin version of news for Tatars living abroad and collects information from large Tatar Diasporas. Totally, the audience of “Tatar-inform” exceeds 40 000 users per 24 hours (taking into account all services), 70 % of them live outside republic. IA “Tatar-inform” has 26 staff reporters on Russia and the abroad and 8 staff reporters in regions densely-populated with the Tatars.

RT President Rustam Minnikhanov expressed will to take part in the session of Media club and joined the conversation of journalists, who, in their turn, could ask formal and personal questions.

At the meeting Rustam Minnikhanov handed state awards to outstanding journalists celebrating jubilees.

Head of republic noted that he intensively uses new information technologies that help him and his team in work. In connection with this, he mentioned the projects “Electronic Tatarstan” and “Electronic documents circulation” that are being successfully implemented in republic.

In conclusion of the meeting Head of Republican agency for press and mass communications Marat Muratov stressed that journalists, who are Tatarstaners by origin had always been and would be valuable for republic. He promised to support their undertakings and hoped that further cooperation among journalists – members of Media club would be fruitful and constructive.

President of Tatarstan called journalists for intensive cooperation and expressed hope that Media club would become efficient site for activity of journalists and media coverage of republican life on federal level.