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On 20 June the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and the State Counselor of the republic Mintimer Shaimiev attended horse races held at the International Equestrian Complex in Kazan and dedicated to Kazan Sabantuy.
On 6 June the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and the State Counselor of the republic Mintimer Shaimiev laid flowers to the monument of the Great Russian poet Aleksandr Pushkin by the Jalil State Opera and Ballet Theatre in Kazan.
On 9 May the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov, the State Counselor of the republic Mintimer Shaimiev, the Chairman of the state Council of the republic Farid Mukhametshin, the regional Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin and the Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin took part in a solemn ceremony of laying flowers to the Eternal flame in the Victory Park in Kazan.
On May 8, the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov, the State Counselor of the republic Mintimer Shaimiev, Minister of Culture of the republic Irada Ayupova, the Chairman of the Writers' Union of Tatarstan Rkail Zaydullin, People's Poet of Tatarstan Renat Kharisov and representatives of the public took part in the ceremony of unveiling the monument to the writer, poet and war veteran Fatykh Karim, which was dedicated to the celebration of the 80th anniversary of Victory in the WWII and took place in the "Molodezhny" square in Kazan.
On 20 January Tatarstan State Counselor Mintimer Shaimiev got a phone call from Russian President Vladimir Putin who congratulated him with his 88th birthday.
Today numerous congratulatory telegrammes are coming from heads of states, regions and republics, representatives of the society, science, education , residents of the country and Tatarstan.
On 28 December the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov handed in the State Counselor of the republic Mintimer Shaimiev the Letter of Appreciation from Russian President Vladimir Putin.
On 20 December at his meeting with the Director General of the Grid Company of the republic Ilshat Fairdieyv in the Kazan Kremlin on the eve of the Day of the Energy Worker, Tatarstan State Counselor Mintimer Shaimiev congratulated him not only with the holiday but also with 25th years of his work in the energy system of the republic.
On December 9, the State Counselor of Tatarstan, the Hero of Labour of Russia Mintimer Shaimiev congratulated Tatarstan residents on the Heroes of the Fatherland Day.
On 28 November in the Kazan Kremlin the Tatarstan State Counselor Mintimer Shaimiev had a meeting with the First President of the Republic of Ingushetia, the Hero of the Soviet Union, the Russian state, military and public leader Ruslan Aushev.
On October 18, at the Galiaskar Kamal Tatar State Academic Theatre, the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov, State Counselor of Tatarstan Mintimer Shaimiev and Chairman of the State Council of Tatarstan Farid Mukhametshin took part in the farewell ceremony with the outstanding figure of theatrical art, People’s Artist of Russia and Tatarstan Rinat Tazetdinov.