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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.

On June 22 a mission of the World bank led by director of its Russian office Mr. Julian Schweizer arrived in Kazan. On June 25 in the Kazan Kremlin, the representatives of the World Bank met with President of Tatarstan Mintimer Shaimiev and discussed an issue of granting of two credits to the city of Kazan.

During his meeting with President of Tatarstan Mintimer Shaimiev on June 20 in the Kazan Kremlin, Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt to the Russian Federation Rauf Saad called his first visit a beginning of a new era of development of Tatar-Egyptian relations.

On June 20 the delegation of the Sverdlovsk oblast led by governor Eduard Rossel arrived in Kazan with an official visit. The same day President of Tatarstan Mintimer Shaimiev and Eduard Rossel visited the exhibition - presentation of the enterprises of Sverdlovsk area and Tatarstan organized in the exhibition centre "Kaznaskaya yarmarka". Then in the presentation pavilion of the exhibition centre they signed an Agreement between the RT Ministry of transport and road infrastructure and the Ministry of industry of the Sverdlovsk area and also between OAO Tatneft and ZAO "Pipe metallurgical company", as well as the Protocol on intentions between the Ministry of Health of the RT and the Ural optico-mechanical factory.

On June 19 the delegation of the OAO "Gazprom" headed by Vice-president of the board Alexandr Ananenkov arrived in Kazan. During the visit they plan to determine delivery standards of the Kazan compressor and motorbuilders.
During the meeting in the Kazan Kremlin with President of Tatarstan Mintimer Shaimiev, the parties highly estimated the teamwork for the last decade, first of all continuous gasification of the republican settlements, steady gas-supply to the industrial enterprises of Tatarstan.

June 15, Saint Petersburg received visitors from all Russia - heads of subjects of the Russian Federation arrived in city on the Neva for participation in the field meeting of the RF State council on subject "Priorities of development of the Russian culture". The President of Tatarstan Mintimer Shaimiev arrived on June 15 at St. Petersburg as well.