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 21 April, speaking at a briefing in the Government House of the republic, the Head of the Russian Federal Tax Service for Tatarstan Marat Safiullin said that slightly more than one week is left to file an income tax return for 2025 with the tax service. According to the results of the tax campaign 5.5.bn rubles should come to the regional budget, he said and informed who should submit declarations and who is entitled to benefits.
On 13 April in his congratulatory address on the occasion of the Maecenas and Benefactor Day, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin congratulated residents of the republic with the event and wrote: "Tatarstan has always been known for its generous and kind-hearted people who are ready to help the needy and support important social, cultural and educational projects. We all remember with gratitude the outstanding philanthropists – the Akchurin brothers, the Alafuzovs, and the Ushkovs, whose good deeds and generous donations contributed to the development of culture, education, and healthcare in our republic. The glorious traditions are continued by modern philanthropists and patrons of Tatarstan.
On 12 April in his address to residents of the republic, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin congratulated them with the Space Exploration Day and said: “April 12, 1961 has forever been inscribed into the world history as the day of triumph of the Soviet science and engineering thought. The flight of Yuriy Gagarin opened the way to the stars for the humankind and demonstrated to the whole world the might of our country.
On 4 April , speaking at a closing ceremony of the XX Russian Venture Forum held at the Kazan Expo Exhibition Center, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin said that the Russian Venture Forum has confirmed its status of the point of attraction of technological development leaders.
The Forum created a unified scientific, technological and investment space where scientific ideas are transformed into competitive products, and startups gain access to capital and markets. Its business programme is organically integrated into the regional and federal agenda for achieving technological sovereignty and leadership of Russia, he said.