American journalists will tell about Tatarstan

Kazan Kremlin, American journalists William Ratliff, Scott Hogenson, Phillip Tertzian Peter Hannaford were received by the President of Tatarstan Mintimer Shaimiev .

Authors of numerous publications on various subjects in leading mass media of the United States are making the trip across the Russian regions within the framework of preparation for top-level summit scheduled on September. Result of the trip should become a series of publications about today's Russia, life of its capital and the cities located in hundreds of kilometers from Moscow. The choice of the American journalists has fallen to Saint Petersburg, Kazan and Nizhnevartovsk.

As the guests noted, they have arrived to look, what kind of policy Tatarstan is pursuing at present, how the sovereign republic is working and keeps in touch with Federation, how is going to develop in the future. Journalists explained their interest to Tatarstan also by the fact that the President of republic - " charismatic, very strong personality, it is quite clearly, he enjoys big authority and respect ".

More than hour lasted conversation of the head of Tatarstan with the American journalists during which Mintimer Shaimiev told to visitors about how in republic two basic faiths coexist and what is being done in Tatarstan so that representatives of different nationalities and creeds lived comfortably , how the interrelations between Tatarstan and Russian Federation are built, on what the economy of the republic is based, what are the successes in agriculture, what is done for social protection of the population.