November 3, the Kazan Kremlin, RT President Mintimer Shaimiev met with Kev Salikhov, the Vice President of th Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan. The head of the republic congratulated the scientist on his 70th anniversary and presented him with order “For services to the Republic of Tatarstan”.

“This man is known at the world level, he decently continues to do what his great predessors – Zavoisky and Sagdeyev – did. You are an example of how we have to work”, Mintimer Shaimiev marked. The RT President expressed gratitude to the scientist on behalf of all people of Tatarstan and on his own behalf for his many-years work for development of science.