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Russian President Vladimir Putin made proposal to the RT State Council on vesting of powers of the RT President under the new procedure in acting RT President Mintimer Shaimiev. The parliamentary session where the candidacy of the head of the republic will be approved is scheduled for March 24.

The State Council of Tatarstan approved the proposal of the RT President to transform the Ministry of Communication of the republic into the Ministry of Information and Communication at the session on March 14. Expansion of functions of the ministry was necessary for realisation of more effective state policy in the field of informatisation and communication.

It was Tatarstan that showed the algorithm of how to prepare sites for inscription on UNESCO’s World Heritage list – one should work seriously and hard. Chairman of the Russian Committee for the World Heritage Igor Makovetsky gave such a reference to the cooperation between our republic and that international organisation, during the session of the RF Commission for UNESCO. RT President Mintimer Shaimiev and RF Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov, the head of the Commission, were present in the session.

On March 11, in the Kazan Kremlin Mintimer Shaimiev told journalists that already in March he would pass a new procedure of empowering as head of the republic through the Parliament of Tatarstan. The agreement was reached in Moscow on March 9 during the meeting of Putin and Shaimiev. This term of the RT President will come to an end in March 2006. Shaimiev said that Putin expressed his wish that the present head of the republic should continue his work on that post.

RF President Vladimir Putin discussed with RT President Mintimer Shaimiev the preparation for celebrations of the 1000th anniversary of Kazan in August this year. M. Shaimiev called the Kazan Metro opening the main event within the preparation works. He also said to V. Putin that on January 1, 2005 the program on dilapidated housing liquidation was accomplished. According to M. Shaimiev, as many as 49 thousand families received new flats. Besides, the RT President noted that on January 1 the new program for social mortgage started. It remarkably differs in its conditions from the Russian national mortgage program: the loan is given for 27.5 years at 8% per year interest.

President of the Republic of Tatarstan addressed women on the occasion of International Women's Day, March 8th.

President of Tatarstan Mintimer Shaimiev by already developed good tradition received women from all republic at the Kazan cultural - entertaining complex "Pyramid". On the eve of International women's day he congratulated the best and as always a beautiful half of the republic, having wished ladies the most important - happiness, well-being and love.

The outcomes of social and economic development of Tatarstan in 2004 and tasks for 2005 was the subject of the expanded session of RT Ministry of Economy and Industry held today. RT President Mintimer Shaimiev, RT Prime Minister Rustam Minnikhanov, RT Chairman of State Council RT Farid Mukhametshin took part in the work of collegium.

Having become already a traditional before the International women's day a grand meeting of President of the Republic Mintimer Shaimiev with women of Tatarstan will take place on March 4 at "Pyramid".

The decree announced on Monday at final board of the RT ministry of economy and industry, was signed on March 3 by President of Tatarstan Mintimer Shaimiev. The point is about Republican interdepartmental commission on adaptation of informal labour market and legalization of incomes.