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Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan congratulated Almetievsk men on Defender of the Fatherland Day. A solemn event was held in the House of culture “Neftche” (Almetievsk). Veterans of Great Patriotic War, participants of combat operations in Afghanistan and the Northern Caucasus, veterans of military service and future defenders of the Fatherland were invited to take part in the event.

The conference of RT judges is being held today in Kazan. RT Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov takes part in the event. Making the report on fulfilled work Chairman of the republican Supreme Court Ilgiz Gilazov informed that last year 728 thousand 397 cases were considered by courts of general jurisdiction. The decrease of criminal cases was observed in 2011. 19 thousand 955 people were convicted by courts of general jurisdiction (RT Supreme Court, regional and city courts and justice of peace). The number of convicts has decreased by 10,9 % in comparison with 2010.

The Republican fund of historical and cultural monuments has received the “Certificate of world Guinness Records” from the Commission of the Guinness Book of Records.

The Certificate reads,
“The world’s biggest printed Koran with the following parameters: hight – 2 m( 6 feet 6,74 inches), width – 1,52 m (4 feet, 11,84 inches), thickness – 0,17 m (6,69 inches), made by ARC Group S.R.L company (Italy), masters Nejan Bratasevich, Andrey Chernatich (Slovenia) and Mauro Loche (Italy), handed over to Kul-Sharif Mosque (Kazan, the Republic of Tatarstan) by the Republican fund of historical and cultural monuments (Russia) on November, 17, 2011”.