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On March 27, a ceremony of opening the library of the Oxford Russian Foundation was held in the reading room of the Lobachevsky Scientific Library. The Lobachevsky Library boasts almost 2500 books in English on open access.

On March 26, the Ministry of Health Care of the Republic of Tatarstan hosted the meeting between its Minister Airat Farrakhov and Dr. Jury Brahman, Head of Medical Tourism Department of Asaf Ha-Rofe, an Israeli leading medical centre. The meeting was also attended by employees of the Ministry and heads of republic’s clinics.

On March 26, the joint enlarged meeting of the Supreme Council and the General Council of the United Russia party was held at the conference hall of the RF Ministry for emergencies. The draft Program of the Government of Russian Federation for anti-crisis measures in 2009 was discussed during the meeting. The Republic of Tatarstan was represented at the meeting by Farid Mukhametshin, the leader of Tatarstan regional branch of the party, Chairman of RT State Council.

On March 26, the meeting of OAO Tatneft board of directors chaired by Rustam Minnikhanov, the Tatarstan Prime Minister, was held in Kazan. The meeting summed up the key results of financial and economic activity of the company in 2008. In addition the social policy of OAO Tatneft was discussed during the meeting.

Tatarstan State Council Chairman, Secretary of the United Russia party’s regional branch Political Council Farid Moukhametshin is to take part in a joint session of the party’s Supreme and General Councils in Moscow on March 26.

A delegation of the state corporation “Russian Nanotechnology Corporation” headed by Director General Anatoly Chubais has come to Tatarstan.

The farmers from Tatarstan shall discuss mutually beneficial ways of cooperation with investors from Germany. On March 28^th a delegation from a German company arrives at Kazan. The company intends to make investments into farming of the Republic of Tatarstan. That was informed by Mr. K. Baytemirov, a Chairman of Farmers and Farming Households Association.

March 26, President of Tatarstan Mintimer Shaimiev received at the Kazan Kremlin a delegation of the state corporation of nanotechnologies Rosnanotech headed by Director General Anatoly Chubais.

A decision on moderating the criteria of lease payments timeliness and fullness was made due to the conditions of the world financial crisis in Tatarstan.