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Just two buildings at once - regional telecom center and trading house "Aktanysh " were received as a gift by Aktanysh residents. The President of Tatarstan Mintimer Shaimiev took part in opening ceremony of the objects.

August 9, the President of Tatarstan Mintimer Shaimiev held meeting with management of hockey team" Ak Bars ". During conversation the President, mainly, got interested in a course of team preparation to the championship. Last games of " Ak Bars " in Bashkortostan have shown a quite good condition of team and enabled to compare them to strong contenders, Mintimer Shaimiev noticed.

Kazan Kremlin, American journalists William Ratliff, Scott Hogenson, Phillip Tertzian Peter Hannaford were received by the President of Tatarstan Mintimer Shaimiev. Authors of numerous publications on various subjects in leading mass media of the United States are making the trip across the Russian regions within the framework of preparation for top-level summit scheduled on September. Result of the trip should become a series of publications about today's Russia, life of its capital and the cities located in hundreds of kilometers from Moscow. The choice of the American journalists has fallen to Saint Petersburg, Kazan and Nizhnevartovsk.

Development of mechanical engineering is one of the prioritiest tasks of the economy of Tatarstan for the nearest years. The Republic, whose significant part of export is the output of oil-extracting and petrochemical complex, has considerable potential opportunities for developing machine-building branch. However, so far they are used not to the full, it is necessary to launch production of competitive products of a machine-building complex.

Prospects of cooperation between Tatarstan and Germany in different areas were discussed at the Kazan Kremlin during the meeting of the President of Tatarstan Mintimer Shaimiev with Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Germany in the Russian Federation Hans - Friedrich von Pletz.

About efficiency of a state machinery was the point in the open air of radiocompany " Mayak " in the program " People and authority: questions and answers " in which the President of Tatarstan Mintimer Shaimiev took part. The studio " Mayak " was connected to Kazan by radiobridge - Mintimer Shaimiev was in radiostudio of TV Radio company " New century " which broadcasted this program on the republic. The listeners could ask, not only having called in studio, but also through the Internet.

Today in Kazan the conference under title " Constitutional status of regions of Russian Federation and other European countries a role of a regional legislative bodies in strengthening " unity in diversity" as organizers of which organizers came out the Chamber of regions of the Congress of local and regional authorities of Europe (CLRA ) and State council of Tatarstan.

The seminar - meeting on issues of agriculture took place in Spassky region. The point was about the outcomes of the first half-year and preparation for a harvest season. According to the tradition, heads of administrations, and the republican organizations of agrarian and industrial complex, regional agricultural offices were addressed by the President of Tatarstan Mintimer Shaimiev.

The ways of improving the situation at the enterprises of ammunition branches were discussed at the Kazan Kremlin during the meeting between the President of Tatarstan Mintimer Shaimiev and director - general of the Russian agency on ammunition Victor Holstov.

Minister of Railways of the Russian Federation Gennady Fadeyev arrived in Kazan on June 25. Straigt from the airport the visitor accompanied by the republican leadership went to the Kazan Kremlin, where he met with the President of Tatarstan. As a result of the meeting in the Kremlin, they signed the Protocol on realization of the arrangements achieved in the field of development of cooperation on negotiations between Ministry of Railways of the Russian Federation and the RT Government.