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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.

On May 24, Kazan State Agricultural Academy celebrated its 80th anniversary. President of Tatarstan M.Shaimiev, Prime Minister R.Minnikhanov, deputy Premier - Minister of agriculture and food M.Akhmetov, Kazan Mayor K.Iskhakov, President of Tatar Science Academy M.Khasanov, rectors of Moscow and Kazan Universities other officials took part in the celebration.
The academy has prepared about 25,000 experts - agriculturists, mechanical engineers, economists and bookkeepers. It is impossible to list all graduates and faculty members of the academy who today represent the pride and glory of our republic, said Rector of the Academy J.Faizrakhmanov. It is a special institute, emphasized Mintimer Shaimiev, the agronomic faculty prepares the experts whom nobody may replace.

On May 23, Tatarstan President M.Shaimiev and Mezhregiongas director general N.Gornovsky discussed gas deliveries to the Republic of Tatarstan and joint projects on modernization of industrial enterprises.
"The declared volume of 14,5 billion cubes will be delivered to Tatarstan", said N.Gornovsky. The director general of Mezhregiongas arrived in Kazan to the regional meeting of heads of Mezhregiongas, which will sum up the results of the work for the last year and the first quarter of the current year.

The guard ship "Tatarstan" constructed at the Zelenodolsk shipyard under the order of the Russian Navy will become the leader of the Caspian fleet. It was said during today's meeting in the Kazan Kremlin between Tatarstan President M.Shaimiev and Russian rear admirals - head of the shipbuilding department Anatoly Shlemov and chairman of Sea scientific committee - assistant to the Navy Commander-in-chief for scientific work Lev Sidorenko.
The ship will leave the Zelenodolsk shipyard in the second half of July. Seeing it off along the Volga to the Caspian Sea will become a grand event both for Zelenodolsk and the Russian Navy.

Yesterday Tatarstan President M.Shaimiev received the delegation of the Russian Union of theatrical figures led by its chairman A.Kalyagin that arrived for the VII International theatrical festival of Turkic peoples "Nauruz". The President thanked visitors for the support of the festival that gains strength each year. M.Shaimiev characterized the activity of the republican theatres as progressing: the skill of actors, material base, interest of spectators are growing. Tatarstan today is a unique republic with a theatre world to be guided by, A.Kalyagin said.
The same day the Tatarstan President took part in the opening of the festival.

The dairy industry of Tatarstan celebrated its 70th anniversary. The first dairy factory in the republic started functioning in 1932.
On May 15, the President of Tatarstan Mintimer Shaimiev congratulated the Kazan dairy factory.