On September 21, at the Saidashev Great Concert Hall in Kazan, Tatarstan State Counsellor Mintimer Shaimiev took part in the 20th session of Tatarstan State Council of the 5th convocation at which Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov delivered his annual address to the Council.
On September 18, at the voting station №55 at Tupolev Kazan National Research Technical University, Tatarstan State Counsellor Mintimer Shaimiev and his wife voted at elections for the State Duma of the Russian Federation. As all voters Shaimiev was given a bracelet “I voted!”.
On September 16, a final session of the International forum "Preserving humanity as an imperative for sustainable development” was held at Kazan Federal University. World experts signed a programme document, the Kazan declaration about the ways to preserve and develop humanistic principles.
On September 15, at the Kazan Kremlin, Tatarstan State Counsellor Mintimer Shaimiev had a meeting with Executive Secretary of UNESCO Commission Grigory Ordjonikidze, Senior Advisor to the Permanent Delegation of Russia to UNESCO Dmitry Knyazhinskiy, Director of historical and documentary department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia Alexander Kuznetsov - participants of the UNESCO International Forum "Preserving humanity as an imperative for sustainable development”, being held in Kazan these days.
On September 15, during the International forum "Preserving humanity as an imperative for sustainable development” at the Kazan City Hall, State Counsellor of Tatarstan Mintimer Shaimiev took part in the discussion “Modern society values system: on the way to elaborate common understanding”.
On September 14, the International forum "Preserving humanity as an imperative for sustainable development” opened in Kazan. The forum is organized by the Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO, Tatarstan Government, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan, Regional Foundation “Revival”, Kazan Federal Universoty, Kazan State Institute of Culture, and University of Management “TISBI”.
On August 15, State Counsellor of Tatarstan, Chairman of the Board of trustees of the Regional Foundation “Revival” Mintimer Shaimiev congratulated a veteran of archaeology Natalia Aksenova on Archaeology Day.
On July 20, during his official visit to Tatarstan, His Holiness the Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia accompanied by Russian Presidential Envoy in Volga Federal District Mikhail Babich, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, State Counsellor of the republic Mintimer Shaimiev and Metropolitan of Kazan and Tatarstan Feofan visited island town of Sviyazhsk.
On June 28, at G.Kamal Tatar academic theatre, State Counsellor Mintimer Shaimiev, LUKOIL and RITEK Board Chairman Valery Graifer, employees of RITEK corporation watched performance “Kransobai” about the life of Russian village at the end of 19th century.
On June 22, at the Kazan-Arena stadium events within the framework of the 4th regional iftar were held.