Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin meets with Muslim and Orthodox Christian clergy in Kazan

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.