26 largest Swedish companies became participants of the business forum "Days of Sweden in Kazan" opened on November 15 in Kazan. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Sweden to the Russian Federation Sven Hirdman said during the opening of the forum, the Republic of Tatarstan is an important business partner for Sweden. The companies, which arrived in Kazan, represent industry, automotive industry, telecommunications, banking, pharmacy.
The meeting between RT President Mintimer Shaimiev and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Sweden to the RF Sven Hirdman was held on November 15 in the Kazan Kremlin within the framework of the Days of Sweden in Tatarstan,. According to Sven Hirdman, for a few years he has been following with interest the situation with interethnic relations and political developments in the republic, the constitutional structure of which he called "unique". The Swedish diplomat was especially interested in the background of the conclusion of the Treaty on delimitation of jurisdiction subjects and mutual delegation of powers between the RF and RT authorities and adoption of the targeted federal Program for Tatarstan for 2001-2006 years mentioned in the conversation.
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.
On 28 August the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and the State Counselor of the republic Mintimer Shaimiev took part in a plenary session of the National Assembly of the World Tatar Congress held with participation of about 1 thousand delegates from 68 regions of Russia and 27 foreign countries in the Tatar State Opera and Ballet Theatre in Kazan’
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.
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