November 1, Tatarstan President Mintimer Shaimiev met with participants of the 3rd Russian children's television festival "Vklyuchaisya!" ("Join in!") at the Kazan Kremlin. The group of festival participants attending the meeting with the head of the republic was led by the President of the National association of television and radio broadcasters (NAT), Eduard Sagalaev.
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NAT General Director Svetlana Ustinova, Chairman of the jury of the festival, Director General of "The Studio of Yury Vyazemsky" Yury Vyazemsky, Director of the Russian children and youth's television channel "Bibigon" Aleksander Gurevich, Deputy General Director of All-Russia State TV and Radio Company Petr Zemtsov, Editor-in-chief of channel "Telenyanya" ("Telenurse") Yekaterina Sokolova, RT Deputy Prime-minister РТ - Minister of Culture Zilya Valeyeva, State Adviser to the RT President on social issues Tatyana Larionova, General Director of the RT Agency of mass communication "Tatmedia" Marat Muratov, Chairman of the FGUP VGTRK GTRK "Tatarstan" branch Airat Sibagatullin also took part in the meeting.
The 3rd Russian children's festival of television art "Join in"! was organized by the National association of television and radio broadcasters together with the First Channel and the Russian children's channel "Telenyanya" as well as by VGTRK and "Bibigon" with the support of the Federal agency of press and mass communication and the Government of the Republic of Tatarstan.