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June 25, Kazan, the III All-Russia conference entitled " Issues of development of infrastructure in countryside " was held .

The delegation of the Government of the Russian Federation led by the Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation has arrived in Tatarstan.

On June 22 in the Kazan Kremlin President Shaimiev met the leaders of the Tatar public organizations and businessmen from the regions of Russia.

June 14, the Second World Kurultai of Bashkirs started its work in Ufa. The plenary session was opened by Prime Minister of Bashkortostan. Rafael Baidavletov heading the Kurulatai's organizing committee. He presented the major delegations arrived from the regions of Russia, CIS and abroad. As R.Baidavletov informed, 708 of 717 elected delegates arrived at forum

Ufa meets the delegates and visitors of the II World Kurultai of Bashkirs, which opens June 14. About 1100 people are going to take part in the event. Bashkortostan is represented by the most numerous delegation of 579 people, the Russian regions - 187, the CIS - 30, more than 40 delegates arrived from foreign countries.

Eduard Rossel at the airport "Koltsevo" met Tatarstan President M.Shaimiev who arrived in the Sverdlovsk area with two-day visit as head of the Tatarstan delegation to carry out the days of Tatarstan in the Middle Ural.

On June 6 in the Kazan Kremlin, Tatarstan President met with a group of Russia's leading physicists. Today Kazan Physicotechnical Institute, that plays a strategic role in the Russian Academy of Sciences in the field of radiospectroscopy, faces a problem of updating. The Tatarstan President offered to solve the problem jointly - the Russian Academy of Sciences and Tatarstan to provide for the necessary financing half-in-half.

On May 30, the commission on delimitation of competencies and powers between the three levels of authority in Russia - federal, regional and municipal - met in the Kremlin under the presidency of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Commenting upon the results of the meeting, the President of Tatarstan said that he does not completely share some of its approaches but admits that the commission is very strong by its structure and intellectual level.

The preparation of Kazan State University to its anniversary lags behind the schedule. How to make up for the lost time, what to reconstruct first of all - these and other questions were considered on May 28 at the session of the Committee for 200 anniversary of the university presided by M.Shaimiev.
The basic problem is insufficient financing. Realization of the program requires the total of 2 billion 635 million rubles.

The course of preparation to the XVII Mendeleyev Congress was discussed during the meeting between President of Tatarstan Mintimer Shaimiev and President of Russian Mendeleyev Chemical Society Pavel Sarkisov in the Kazan Kremlin on May 27.