Tatarstan ministers to remain heads of sports federations
27 October 2009, Tuesday
According to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev’s recent statement, the heads of Tatarstan ministries and agencies in charge of sports federations do not have to leave their posts, the Tatarstan Minister of Youth, Sport and Tourism told at a briefing on the results of the Russia – Country of Sports Forum on October 26.
On the 23rd of October, at the Presidential Council for physical culture and sports meeting in Kazan, Dmitry Medvedev stated that a sports federation must be headed by professionals and ministers holding these posts now must leave within a month.
Marat Bariev pointed out that the head of state’s announcement concerns only federal ministers. “There has been no commission on republican sports federations,” M. Bariev said.
For reference: the Tatarstan Minister of Agriculture and Foodstuff Marat Akhmetov heads the Tatar-Bashkir Wrestling Federation; the First Deputy Prime minister of Tatarstan Boris Pavlov heads the Field Hockey Federation.
On 20 January in the evening Russian President Vladimir Putin called Tatarstan State Counselor Mintimer Shaimiev and congratulated him with his birthday. During the conversation Vladimir Putin stated that he is happy to hear bright voice of Mintimer (Sharipovich) and wished him good health and all the best.
On 20 January, congratulating Tatarstan State Counselor Mintimer Shaimiev with his birthday, the Chairman of the Russian Government Mikhail Mishustin wrote in his telegramme: “Being a famous and political leader, you have made a substantial contribution into modern development of Tatarstan and have earned the deep respect and gratitude of residents of the republic.
On January 20, the First President of Tatarstan, State Counsellor of the republic Mintimer Shaimiev celebrates its 89 birthday.
He received numerous congratulations from the state and regional leaders, public figures, figures in science, education and culture and residents of the country and Tatarstan.
On 16 October in the Kazan Kremlin Tatarstan State Counselor Mintimer Shaymiev, who is also the Chairman of the Trustees Council of the regional Revival Fund, had a meeting with the Director General of the State Hermitage Mikhail Piotrovsky, who came to Kazan to take part in a ceremony of opening a new exposition “The Yusupovs. Luxury across the Centuries” at the Hermitage Kazan Exposition Center and which has been prepared especially for the 20th anniversary of the Hermitage’s first representational centre established in 2005 by celebrations of the Kazan Millennium.
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