Mintimer Shaimiev: in social terms the crisis will be overcome much easier

«What we went through in the 90s is not going to happen under any circumstances," Tatarstan President Mintimer Shaimiev told an IA Tatar-inform journalist after the meeting of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin with the United Russia leadership. The Co-chairman of the Higher Council of the United Russia party, RT President Mintimer Shaimiev took part in the meeting.

The journalist referred to Vladimir Putin's words that "the situation is difficult but a disaster will not occur" and asked Mintimer Shaimiev is the President of Tatarstan shared this optimism.

"It was our party meeting. A party without optimism is not a party. If we lack it, than we have to create real conditions, develop a real policy and put it into practice. I think that optimism is needed not only for the party and its supporters, it has to be passed on to people," the RT President answered.

"Difficulties, certainly, exist. But there are people who know how to work. We ourselves have some experience: it is not the first crisis we have seen. This crisis features some special characteristics. In any case in social terms it will be much easier to overcome," the head of Tatarstan marked.

"Remember the 90s, Vladimir Putin was referring to this period many times today. There were times when we could not pay pensions to seniors and salaries to government-paid workers in time. Defense enterprises, research institutions stood idle, millions of people were practically deprived of means of subsistence, lost their many-year savings in the default. I think, I have confidence in it, what we went through in the 90s, in 1998 in particular, is not going to happen under any circumstances. Chairman of the United Russia party Vladimir Putin emphasized it several times today having assured that the Government would fulfill its commitments on social protection of the people of Russia," Mintimer Shaimiev said.