October 30, Tatarstan President Mintimer Shaimiev visited Zainsk municipal district where he took part in the official opening of the new plant Techno that will produce heat-insulating materials.
October 23, Tatarstan President Mintimer Shaimiev met with Anatoly Pristavkin, the well-known writer and Advisor to the RF President on issues of amnesty and pardon.
October 22, Tatarstan President Mintimer Shaimiev presented a public lecture at the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan on Tatarstan in the years of transformation.
October 20, Mintimer Shaimiev, the President of Tatarstan – Co-chairman of the Higher Council of the United Russia party, took part in the Republican forum of the party’s supporters.
The plane with Boris Gryzlov, the Chairman of the Russian State Duma, and Aleksei Gordeyev, the Russian Minister of Agriculture, on board arrived in the Tatarstan capital in the morning of October 19. RT President Mintimer Shaimiev, Prime-minister Rustam Minnikhanov, Deputy Prime-minister – Minister of Agriculture Marat Akhmetov, Deputy Chairman of the RT State Council met the guests at the airport.
At the RT State Council session on October 18, President Shaimiev announced measures taken by the republican government regarding the increase of food prices. Assessing the current situation on the foodstuff market of the republic and the results of measures taken to reduce expenses of Tatarstan people, Mintimer Shaimiev said: “As of today, I can say that tension has generally defused”.