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Today RT President Rustam Minnikhanov is in Zürich (Switzerland) where he is taking part in presentation of Russia bid for hosting world football championship in 2018 with the delegation from Russia. The delegation consists of 30 people headed by First Vice-premier of RF government Igor Shuvalov.Final presentation of Russian application will be held in headquarters of FIFA (Zürich) at 12.00 by local time (at 14.00 by Moscow time).Russia’s presentation will be the last one after Belgium, Holland, Spain and Portugal, England.

“Tatarstan has interesting experience that may be passed on to other Russian regions”, - Chairman of Federation Council of Russia Sergey Mironov announced on arriving in Kazan. This visit to a Russian region was the first after Address of RF President to Federal Assembly. “President of Russia told about future of our country, about children, modernization, innovations. Tatarstan is a republic which demonstrates high rates in social - economic development and such issues as transfer to “E-government". Here not only Tatarstan government but State Council as well has been working in electronic form for a long time. Much has been done so that citizens may see on-line what the authorities are engaged in. This enables to provide civil and public control”.

Sergei Mironov, the Chairman of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation, came to Kazan for a two-day visit late on December 1.Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, Tatarstan State Council Chairman Farid Mukhametshin, member of the RF Federation Council Aleksei Pakhomov, Chief Federal Inspector for Tatarstan Marsel Galimardavnov and other officials met the guest at the Kazan International Airport.Upon arrival, Sergei Mironov and Rustam Minnikhanov had a working meeting.

Draft budget of the Republic of Tatarstan for 2011 and planned period of 2012-2013 years has been accepted today at the second reading at the 14th session of RT State Council. The session was held by Chairman of RT State Council Farid Mukhametshin. RT President Rustam Minnikhanov took part in work of RT State Council. Total volume of incomings of RT budget is forecasted to be 92,7 bln. roubles. Members of parliament discussed the bill “On making alterations in Family code of the Republic of Tatarstan”. According to RT Minister of education and science Albert Gilmutdinov, this bill is aimed at improving legislation in the sphere of social protection and social support of orphans and children left without parental custody.

The meeting of FC Rubin board of trustees with participation of Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov took place at the RT House of Government on December 1.FC Rubin has become a bronze winner of the Russian football championship 2010 among the premier league teams. Honoring the sportsmen, coaches, the football club staff was held at the Pyramid Convention Centre yesterday.FC Rubin President – vice-chairman of the Tatarstan State Council Aleksander Gusev handed out the Russian football championship bronze medals to the board of trustees members.

RT government and marketing agency "Flad&Flad Communication" (Germany) have signed agreement on cooperation. RT Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov and Head of the agency Markus Flud put their signatures in the document. The signing ceremony took place on the territory of JSC “Kazan fair” where the exhibition “Energetics. Resource saving-2010” opened today. The agreement implies cooperation in the sphere of complex decisions on information maintenance in such high-tech sectors as environmental protection, energy-saving technologies, biotechnologies, resumed energy sources, and decision-making for improvement of programs for secondary education.

Session of RT government “On results of implementing the program “Energy resource efficiency in Tatarstan for 2006-2010 years” and tasks on realizing long-term targeted program “Energy saving and increase of energy efficiency in Tatarstan for 2011-2015 years and prospects up to 2020” was held in Kazan. RT Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov took part in the event.Opening of XII specialized exhibition “Energetics. Resource saving-2010” and XI International symposium “Energy resource efficiency and Energy saving” was held on the territory of Exhibition centre “Kazan fair” before the session. Opening the session of RT government, Ildar Khalikov underlined the importance of adopting energy-saving technologies in industrial sector, budget institutions and municipalities.

This year decade of disabled people in Tatarstan will start on December,2 in Kazan Sport complex “Olimp”. This has been announced today at briefing in RT Cabinet. RT Minister of labor, employment and social protection Airat Shafigullin and his deputy Irina Prosviryakova answered journalists’ questions.Decade of disabled people is held in republic every year. Charitable concerts, round tables, training seminars, fairs of vacancies for disabled people will be held in all cities and regions of republic. RT Minister of labor informed that this year attention will и focused on sport. Such decision was made in order to highlight necessity of leading active life by disabled people.

Issues of developing information technologies and a number of projects within IT-sector in Tatarstan were discussed at the meeting between RT President Rustam Minnikhanov and Russian deputy minister of mass communications Ilya Massukh. The meeting was held in Kazan Kremlin with participation of RT Minister of informatization and communications Nikolai Nikiforov.Rustam Minnikhanov and Ilya Massukh discussed issues of future elaboration of software products within the limits of the project “E-government of the Republic of Tatarstan”.