October 21, Tatarstan President Mintimer Shaimiev met with the Director of the Venice Film Festival, Marco Muller, and the Director of CTC-Media Inc. Aleksandr Rodnyansky, at the Kazan Kremlin. RT Deputy Prime-minister - Minister of culture Zilya Valeyeva, RT Minister of education and sciences Nail Valeyev, Rector of Kazan State University Myakzyum Salakhov and Director General of the broadcasting company "CTC-Kazan" Gulyara Zaripova also took part in the meeting.
After the talks, there was a short press-conference.
Marko Muller and Alexandr Rodnyansky came to Kazan on October 20. They visited Kazan State University where they met with Rector Myakzyum Salakhov. Then, there ware meetings with RT Deputy Prime-minister - Minister of culture Zilya Valeyeva and RT Minister of Education Nail Valeyev.