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November 18, Russian President Dmitri Medvedev hold a meeting of the State Council of the Russian Federation. The participants of the meeting focused “On measures of development of the national competitiveness in conditions of the world finance crisis”. RT President Mintimer Shaimiev took part in the meeting.
A shop for manufacture of tableted drugs constructed at Kazan-based OAO Tatchimpharmpreparaty by the Czech company Favea opened in Kazan. The new production of firm pharmaceutical tableted and encapsulated compositions fully meets of the European standard requirements for manufacturers of medical products GMP. Tatarstan President Mintimer Shaimiev took part in the opening ceremony.
The 42nd meeting of the RT State Council of the 3rd convocation was held in the Salikh Saidashev Grand Concert Hall. RT President Mintimer Shaimiev delivered the annual Address to the republican parliament.
November 10 saw an anniversary evening of Shaukat Biktemirov taking place in the Galiasgar Kamal Tatar State Academic Theatre.
Tatarstan President Mintimer Shaimiev with spouse Sakina Shaimieva, RT State Council Chairman Farid Mukhametshin with spouse Luiza Mukhametshina, RT Deputy Prime-minister - Minister of Culture Zilya Valeyeva and deputies of the republican parliament attended the event to greet the actor.
The President of the Republic of Tatarstan, Mintimer Shaimiev, met with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Turkey to the Russian Federation, Mr. Halil Akinji, on November 7 at the Kazan Kremlin.
Newly-made Russian football champions of 2008 – the football players of “Rubin” returned to the Tatarstan capital late on November 2. Some 2 thousand fans gathered to meet the Champions at the Kazan International Airport. Not only ordinary fans but also leaders of Kazan and the republic all wearing the club clothes came to greet the new heroes.
“For the first time in the republican history thanks to glorious playing of Rubin we have football champions of Russia,” Mintimer Shaimiev said.
November 1, Tatarstan President Mintimer Shaimiev met with participants of the 3rd Russian children's television festival "Vklyuchaisya!" ("Join in!") at the Kazan Kremlin. The group of festival participants attending the meeting with the head of the republic was led by the President of the National association of television and radio broadcasters (NAT), Eduard Sagalaev.