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 23 December Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister Roman Shaykhutdinov took part in the All-Russia charity action “The Fir Tree of Wishes” organized by the Movement of the First.
On 20 December at a meeting of the Commission on prevention and mitigation of emergencies and ensuring fire safety in Tatarstan held in the Government House of the republic with all municipalities taking part in it via video conference, the First Deputy Prime Minister of the republic Rustam Nigmatullin said that the today’s meeting is to discuss ensuring fire safety during New Year and Christmas holidays and children’s winter holidays.
On 20 December in his address to Russian security officials, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin on behalf of the Government of the republic congratulated them with their professional holiday and wrote: “Security bodies have always been a reliable support for the state. Representatives of this vocation are people in the shadows but their service is extremely important for the order in our country.
On 19 December before the beginning of the XIX congress of the Association of the Tatarstan Council of Municipalities, the Prime Minister of the republic Aleksey Pesoshin took part in the All-Russia charity action “The Fir Tree of Wishes” and took post cards with wishes of six children from the New Year tree.