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 28 December the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov handed in the State Counselor of the republic Mintimer Shaimiev the Letter of Appreciation from Russian President Vladimir Putin.
On 20 December at his meeting with the Director General of the Grid Company of the republic Ilshat Fairdieyv in the Kazan Kremlin on the eve of the Day of the Energy Worker, Tatarstan State Counselor Mintimer Shaimiev congratulated him not only with the holiday but also with 25th years of his work in the energy system of the republic.
On December 9, the State Counselor of Tatarstan, the Hero of Labour of Russia Mintimer Shaimiev congratulated Tatarstan residents on the Heroes of the Fatherland Day.
On 28 November in the Kazan Kremlin the Tatarstan State Counselor Mintimer Shaimiev had a meeting with the First President of the Republic of Ingushetia, the Hero of the Soviet Union, the Russian state, military and public leader Ruslan Aushev.