October 31, Tatarstan President Mintimer Shaimiev is making a business trip to Naberezhnye Chelny. The first place he visited was the Sports and Health complex ‘United Russia’ built on the United Russia party’s initiative within the framework of the federal task programme “Development of the physical culture and sports in the RF in 2006-2015”.
Construction of more than 300 sport venues was launched on November 1, 2005 when a respective decision was adopted by the party Higher Council.
Mintimer Shaimiev examined the Sports and Health complex and spoke to young hockey players and figure skaters. He also attended the presentation of the 60th microdistrict ‘Raduzhnyi’. It is a well-planned district with a sports complex, nine playgrounds, pathways and bicycle lanes.
Later on, Mintimer Shaimiev visited the trade and entertainment complex “Trade quarter”, which is home to a movie thetre with 8 showing rooms, stores, cafes and restaurants. On 3rd floor the guests saw a presentation of the concept of the unified suburban zone of Naberezhnye Chelny and construction of new districts by 2010-2020.
Chief of Staff of the President Yuri Kamaltynov and Mayor of Naberezhnye Chelny Ildar Khalikov accompanied the head of the republic.
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.