RT President met with Head of Frontier Service of the Russian Federal Security Service
25 March 2008, Tuesday
March 25, Tatarstan President Mintimer Shaimiev met with Deputy Head of the Frontier Service of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation Vladimir Streltsov and Head of the regional frontier directorate of the RF FSS in the Volga Federal District Viktor Gubenko.
Как сообщил по окончании беседы В.Стрельцов, в ходе встречи стороны обсудили ход проведения в течение двух дней в столице Татарстана акции "Граница - честь, долг, Отечество". Она проводится впервые и приурочена к 90-летию со дня образования Пограничных войск России, которое будет отмечаться 28 мая 2008 года.
After the meeting, Vladimir Streltsov said that at the meeting they had discussed the course of the action “Frontier – honour, duty, Fatherland” being conducted in Kazan for two days for the first time. It is dated to the 90th anniversary of the frontier troops of Russia that will take place on May 28, 2008.
On May 14, the Kazan Expo International Exhibition Centre hosted a solemn reception marking the opening of the Year “Kazan – Cultural Capital of the Islamic World” and the holding of the XVII International Economic Forum “Russia-the Islamic World: KazanForum”.
Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Marat Khusnullin, Russian Minister of Culture Olga Lyubimova, Director General of the Islamic World, Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ICESCO) Salim bin Mohammed AlMalik and other officials were among the honored guests of the evening.
On 26 April, during festive events dedicated to the Native Language Day and the 140th birthday of the great Tatar poet Gabdulla Tukay, the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and the State Counselor of the republic Mintimer Shaimiev laid flowers to the monument of the great Tatar poet.
On 17 March, speaking at a meeting of the State Council of the republic, where its Chairman Farid Mukhametshin declared his early termination of powers, Tatarstan State Counselor Mintimer Shaymiev said: “Mutual respect and deep understanding help to preserve high trust of our people.”
On 13 March the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and the State Counselor of the republic Mintimer Shaimiev accompanied by the regional Mufti Kamil Samigullin took part in the XIV Iftar of the republic organized by the Spiritual Board of Muslims of Tatarstan, the administration of the Ak Bars Arena stadium and the national tourist complex Tugan Avylym (My Native Village) at the Kazan Expo Exhibition Center.