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Tatarstan ranks third in the RF after Moscow and Moscow area by the volume of house-building, and second - by the volume of building new schools and health objects, said RT Construction Minister Ildus Shaidullin, opening the final board of the ministry on March 2, in which Tatarstan President Mintimer Shaimiev took part.

OAO Kazanorgsintez can serve as a bright example of performing the conditions of a collective agreement. This appraisal was given by RT President Mintimer Shaimiev at a conference of Kazanorgsintez labour collective held on March 1. Before the conference Mintimer Shaimiev had visited the enterprise.

On March 1, at the meeting with Tatarstan President Mintimer Shaimiev in the Kazan Kremlin secretary of the RF Academy of Sciences Dmitry Lvov suggested no less than creating a model of future Russia on TatarstanІs example.

The annual general meeting of the Tatarstan Academy of sciences was held on February 27 in Kazan, with participation of Tatarstan President Mintimer Shaimiev.

The RF Government will soon consider the issue of state leasing in aviation industry. Tatarstan President Mintimer Shaimiev expressed his view as to the importance of this problem for Russia and Tatarstan.

In 2001, the transformation of OAO Tatneft into a vertically-integrated company is to be completed. At the conference of the company's labor collective, with participation of Tatarstan President Mintimer Shaimiev, the summary data on the production of all enterprises of the holding, including Nizhnekamskshina, Nizhnekamsktekhuglerod etc. were presented for the first time.

On February 26, the conference of TatneftІs labor collective devoted to the 2000 results and plans for the future was held in Almetyevsk. Tatarstan President Mintimer Shaimiev took part in the conference.

The defenders of Fatherland of all generations met on February 23 at the Kazan Drama Theatre to celebrate this national holiday.
They were congratulated by RT President Mintimer Shaimiev.

The land reform became a key topic of discussion at the February 21 session of the RF State Council presided over by Russian President Vladimir Putin. Tatarstan President Mintimer Shaimiev took part in the session.

On February 20, the sixth session of Presidium of State Council was held in the Kremlin under the presidency of Vladimir Putin. The participants of the session discussed problems and prospects for reforming local self-government.
The Presidium listened to the report by RT President M.Shaimiev concerning the development of the Concept of state policy on delimitation of jurisdiction subjects and authorities between federal, regional and municipal levels of government.