December 17, Tatarstan President Mintimer Shaimiev met with Aleksei Savinov, the Head of the Federal Forestry Agency (Rosleskhoz) at the Kazan Kremlin.
Fatikh Sibagatullin, a member of the State Duma Committee for natural resources, nature management and ecology, Boris Pavlov, the RT First Deputy Prime Minister, Evgeny Grishin, the State Advisor to the RT President on economic issues, Valery Vlasov, the RT Forestry Minister, took part in the meeting.