President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov is on working trip in Shenzhen (China)
11 August 2011, Thursday
Today President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov is on working trip in Shenzhen. The main aim of a visit - participation in official opening ceremony of 26th World students sports games (Universiade).
The opening is to take place tomorrow, August 12, at 20.00 pm local time (16.00 Moscow time) on the ground of sports complex "Cocoon of Spring ".
Besides, during his visit to Shenzhen Rustam Minnikhanov will see the universiade objects erected in the city for sportsmen and Games participants, attend Avenue of flags, the participants of Universiade, familiarize with the work of press-center and a center of international broadcasting.
The delegation presenting Republic of Tatarstan in China involves mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin, RT minister of healthcare Airat Farrakhov, RT minister of transport and road facilities Lenar Safin, RT minister of culture Airat Sibagatullin and Tatneft general director Shafagat Tahautdinov and others.
On 9 May Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin took part in a ceremony of laying flowers to the monument “The victorious soldier” dedicated to the celebrations of the Day of Victory in the Great Patriotic War (WW II) 1941-1945 and held at Arsk cemetery in Kazan.
On 8 May, speaking at a meeting held by the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov in the Government House of the republic with participation of the Acting Chairman of the State Council of the republic Marat Akhmetov and the regional Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin, the Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing Utilities Sector of the republic Marat Ayzatullin reported that capital overhaul of social facilities is in full swing in the republic with 170 educational facilities having been included into regional and federal programmes.
On 4 May at a briefing held in the Tatarstan Government House it was told that currently there are 92 combat veterans, the last witnesses of the Great Patriotic War (WW II) of 1941-1945, living in the republic. The briefing also informed about veterans’ support measures and how the republic is planning to celebrate the Victory Day on 9 May.
The Deputy Prime Minister of the republic Leyla Fazleeva told that names of 353 Heroes of the Soviet Union from Tatarstan “ are immortalized in street names, on memorials, in monuments and squares and, of course, in our memory”. “The Victory Day is the day of memory, mourning and joy. It is the event which today should be clearly understandable to all young people and younger generation of Tatarstan,” she said.
On 24 April, upon his arrival to the Kazan International Airport, the Defense Minister of China Dong Jun was welcomed by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin, representatives of the General Consulate of China in Kazan and other officials