Dmitri Medvedev: Anti-terrorist trainings should be held in all regions on regular basis
21 February 2011, Monday
President of Russia Dmitri Medvedev held meeting of All-Russia coordination meeting with heads of law enforcement bodies in Moscow. Head of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov attended the event. Key topics for discussion were measures on increasing anti-terrorist security, struggle with organized crime, counteraction to corruption, extremism, reinforcement of public order maintenance.
In All-Russia coordination meeting took part Chairmen of Constitutional and Supreme courts Valeri Zorkin and Vyacheslav Lebedev, Head of President’s Administration Sergei Naryshkin, Secretary of Security Council Nikolai Patrushev, Head of Audit Chamber Sergei Stepashin, Chairman of Russian Investigation Committee Aleksandr Bastrykin, Head of Ministry of interiors Rashid Nurgaliev, Minister of justice Aleksandr Konovalov, Head of Federal Drug Control Service Viktor Ivanov, Director of Federal Security Service Aleksandr Bortnikov, Presidential Plenipotentiaries to federal districts and heads of regions.
Opening the meeting Dmitri Medvedev said that he wants to hear only particular objective results during the discussion.
Dmitri Medvedev called increase of anti-terrorist security level one of priority goals. By words of RF President, anti-terrorist trainings should be held in all regions on regular basis, particularly at transport objects. Also, RF president believes that struggle with criminality should be more efficient.
The President gave assignment to intensify measures on preventing criminality. Special emphasis should be put on juveniles. “One should organize their leisure time, implement new practices which help wayward youth overcome difficult situations in their life. This is the duty of regional and local authorities, firstly”, - Dmitri Medvedev stressed.
Also Dmitri Medvedev ordered to intensify struggle with extremism and counteraction to corruption.
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.