On July 13, at his meeting with Director General of Tatar-inform agency Leonid Tolchinsky, Tatarstan State Counsellor Mintimer Shaimiev congratulated him on the 25th anniversary of the agency and thanked for successful and effective work in the information space of the republic and the country.
“You cover the most important and interesting events about life of the republic creating our big history by everyday hard work,” Shaimiev said.
Tolchinsky told that the agency was founded on June 6, 1990 in accordance with the decree of Tatar regional committee of Communist party of the Soviet Union, and first secretary of the regional committee Mintimer Shaimiev signed the document.
Tolchinsky continued that due to that decision they managed to create a new format of presenting the latest information in Tatar and Russian.
Leonid Tolchinsky handed over the medal “For news reporting” with the Tatar-inform logotype to Shaimiev.
On March 5, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov and State Counsellor of the republic Mintimer Shaimiev got acquainted with the progress of work on the reconstruction of the Cathedral of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God.
On February 15, prior to the meeting of the Anti-Terrorist Commission of the Republic of Tatarstan, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov handed in the badge and the certificate to the honorary title “Honorary Member of the Brothers in Arms All-Russian Organization to State Counsellor of the republic Mintimer Shaimiev.
On December 9, in Kazan, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov and State Counselor of the republic, Hero of Labor of the Russian Federation Mintimer Shaymiev visited the Hero of Socialist Labor Ildus Mostyukov.