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September 15, 2008, on the initiative of the President of the Republic of Turkey the President of the Republic of Tatarstan, Mintimer Shaimiev, had a telephone conversation with the President of the Republic of Turkey, Abdullah Gul.

September 7, Tatarstan President Mintimer Shaimiev with spouse left for the Republic of Turkey for regular holiday.

The State Council of the Russian Federation gave endorsement to actions of the country leadership in respect of the situation in South Ossetia and Abkhazia and discussed issues of national security. Tatarstan President Mintimer Shaimiev took part in the meeting of the Russian State Council.

Tatarstan President Mintimer Shaimiev took part in the events devoted to the 50th anniversary of OAO Kazanorgsintez, one of the leaders in petrochemical industry of Tatarstan and Russia, which also celebrates the 45th anniversary of the production launch.

Tatarstan President Mintimer Shaimiev took part in the opening of the Nature museum of Tatarstan.

Mintimer Shaimiev took part in the opening of the republic’s largest school No.177 in the Novo-Savinovskiy district of Kazan on September 1. “The new school should become the model of what educational establishments should be like and how the teaching process should be organized,” the head of the republic told journalists after visiting the school.

August 29, the Kazan Kremlin, the President of the Republic of Tatarstan, Mintimer Shaimiev met with members of the Russian Olympic team - representatives of Tatarstan in the 29th Olympic Games in Beijing. At the meeting, sportsmen and their trainers were awarded state awards of the Republic of Tatarstan.

August 28, the President of the Republic of Tatarstan, Mintimer Shaimiev, took part and delivered a speech in the meeting of the Chairman of the National Antiterrorist Committee, Director of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation, Aleksander Bortnikov, with heads of antiterrorist commissions of subjects of the Russian Federation of the Volga Federal District in Nizhny Novgorod.

President Mintimer Shaimiev is taking part in the celebrations of the 300th anniversary of the urban-type village of Alekseyevskoe, Tatarstan.