RT President personally checked safety ensuring in Kazan airport
16 February 2011, Wednesday
President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov visited international airport “Kazan” and checked safety ensuring. He was accompanied by Head of Ministry of interiors on RT Asgat Safarov, RT Minister of transport and road construction Lenar Safin and Tatarstan Acting Transport Prosecutor Ruslan Tsechoev.
Head of Republic visited arrival and departure halls of internal flights, customs control area of international departures sector.
At the entrance to the airport Rustam Minnikhanov passed standard control procedure.
It should be noted that after terrorist attack in “Domodedovo” security measures were intensified at Kazan airport. All cars and drivers entering airport parking are examined. Metal detectors and introscopes are set by the entrance to airport halls.
Upon the whole Head of republic was satisfied by the level of security control.
At the same time there are some problems with the staff of transport militia, Rustam Minnikhanov added. The number of law enforcement officers at the airport is insufficient.
On 16 May, speaking at a meeting in the Government House of the republic held by the regional Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin with participation of the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the Minister of Agriculture and Food of the republic Marat Zyabbarov reported that the sowing of spring crops is in full swing in the republic with 1m 38 thousand hectares or 61 per cent of the planned have been sown.
On May 14, on the sidelines of the XVII International Economic Forum “Russia-the Islamic World: KazanForum”, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin and Head of the Federal Service for Accreditation Dmitry Volvach signed an agreement on interaction and cooperation in the development of the halal industry.
On May 14, Prime Minister of Tajikistan Kokhir Rasulzoda, who arrived on a working visit in Kazan to take part in the events of the XVII International Economic Forum “Russia-the Islamic World: KazanForum”, was met by Prime Minister of the republic Aleksey Pesoshin and other officials at the Kazan International Airport.
On 9 May Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin took part in a ceremony of laying flowers to the monument “The victorious soldier” dedicated to the celebrations of the Day of Victory in the Great Patriotic War (WW II) 1941-1945 and held at Arsk cemetery in Kazan.