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August 9, Tatarstan President Mintimer Shaimiev congratulated Mr. Rashid Apakov, Director General of OAO Radiopribor, Deputy of the RT State Council, on his 60th anniversary. The meeting took place in the Kazan Kremlin. The head of the republic presented Rashid Apakov with the Order “For Services to the Republic of Tatarstan”. Mr. Apakov was honoured with an order for his merits in development of redioelectronics and his significant contribution to the economic development of the Republic of Tatarstan.

On August 5, President of the Republic of Tatarstan Mintimer Shaimiev visited Chistopolsky district of the republic. During the working trip he visited the village of Mebelnaya fabrika where he took part in the ceremony of marking the start of construction works on the covered Sport complex with an ice rink. The same day he took part in the opening of children’s sports complex “Batyr” in the town of Chistopol.

On August 4, President of the Republic of Tatarstan Mintimer Shaimiev met with the Representative on Human Rights in the Republic of Tatarstan Rashit Vagizov. Issues of children’s rights protection and entry of the World Tatar Congress into several international organizations were discussed during the meeting.

On August 2, President of Tatarstan Mintimer Shaimiev visited Buinsky district. He took part in the opening of the Inter-district Perinatal Center of Central Buinsk Hospital, inspected house built within the framework of the republican Social Mortgage Program.

On August 1, a new synthetic pitch was opened in Kazan within the framework of Russian Football Union Program. President of Tatarstan Mintimer Shaimiev took part in solemn ceremony.

On July 31, Tatarstan President Mintimer Shaimiev visited Mendeleyevsky district. The visit started with an opening of the 19-bed infectious division of the Mendeleyevsky Central Hospital. The building is equipped with laboratory facilities. Then the President got acquainted with the course of reconstruction of city utilities, realisation of the real estate mortgage programme. Last year 32 families received new flats under the programme in Mendeleyevsk. Later, the President took part in putting in an extruded foam polystyrene production in OAO “Chemical Plant named after Karpov”.

Surgical complex of Inter-regional Clinical Diagnostics Center was solemnly opened in Kazan. Tatarstan President Mintimer Shaimiev, head of RF Ministry of healthcare and social development Mikhail Zurabov, and RT minister of healthcare Kamil Zyatdinov took part in the ceremony.

On July 27, Minister of Healthcare and Social Development of Russia Mikhail Zurabov arrived in Kazan. President of Tatarstan Mintimer Shaimiev welcomed the eminent guest in international airport “Kazan”.

On July 25, President of Tatarstan Mintimer Shaimiev met in Kazan Kremlin with President of Federation of Independent Trade-Unions of Russia, member of RF Public Chamber Mikhail Shmakov.