Preparation of transport infrastructure for Universiade 2013 discussed in Kazan
16 June 2009, Tuesday
The meeting on preparation of the transport infrastructure for hosting the Universiade 2013 was held at the Kazan City Hall on June 16. Tatarstan President Mintimer Shaimiev and Russian Transport Minister Igor Levitin took part in the meeting.
Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin and Deputy General Director of ZAO NIPI of territorial development and transport infrastructure Natalia Minina delivered reports.
The day also saw signing of the Memorandum on the procedure of design of the Sviyazhsk interregional multi-modal logistic centre by RT Prime Minister Rustam Minnikhanov and Russian Transport Minister Igor Levitin.
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.