Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin meets with Muslim and Orthodox Christian clergy in Kazan
14 July 2011, Thursday
The meeting took place at the Kazan Kremlin following a meeting of the government commission on helping the families of those killed and injured in the Bulgaria boat accident.
Tatarstan Muslim Religious Board Chairman Ildus hazrat Faizov and Superior of the Kazan Mother of God Monastery Pitirim talked to the head of the government.
Prime Minister thanked the Muslim and Orthodox Christian representatives for the support they gave to parishioners in the time when the whole Russia lived through the Bulgaria wreck tragedy. “In such moments, spiritual support is often more important for people than any financial help,” Vladimir Putin stressed.
Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov said an Orthodox church and a Muslim mosque would be built on the Kuybishev reservoir shore, near the accident scene.
On 30 November, speaking at a regular meeting held by the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov in the Government House of the republic with participation of the Chairman of the regional State Council Farid Mukhametshin and the Prime Minister of the republic Aleksey Pesoshin with all municipalities taking part in it via video conference, the Minister of Agriculture and Food of the republic Marat Zyabbarov reported that farmers of the republic are finishing harvest of maize, sunflower and sugar beet.
On 26 November, speaking at a briefing in the Government House of the republic, Tatarstan Minister of Transport and Road Economy Farit Khanifov informed that in the current year 83bn rubles will be allocated on road work in the republic, including 9bn from the federal budget and 1.5bn from the municipal road fund. The remaining money will be allocated from the regional budget, the regional Minister said.
On 25 November at their meeting in the Government House of the republic, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin and the Deputy Director General of the Federal Service for Labor and Employment (RosTrud) Ian Talbatsky discussed issues of interaction of the republic and the Service in ensuring labour rights of citizens and social protection of population.