Firdaus Kabirov second in voting for January’s best Russian sportsman
3 February 2009, Tuesday
Racer of KAMAZ-Master Firdaus Kabirov took the second place, according to results of the voting for the best Russian sportsman of January. In the poll organized by Sport TV-channel the winner of Dakar followed biathlon competitor Yekaterina Yuryeva who was the first.
The first stage of the voting was held in the Internet and by SMS. Kabirov took the second place among 5 candidates, taking the lead over figure skaters Yana Khokhlova and Sergei Novitsky, bobsleighing competitor Sergei Zubkov and tennis player Dinara Safina.
Two finalists – Kabirov and Yekaterina Yuryeva took part in a 40-minute voting. As a result, Kabirov collected 33.5 per cent of votes, Yuryeva – 66.5 per cent.
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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