NEWS

Opportunities for further strengthening of cooperation between Tatarstan and German oil companies were discussed on January 12 at the meeting of RT President Mintimer Shaimiev with President of Mineraloil-Rohshtoff-Handel GmbH R.Krening, chairman of the Supervisory Board of Wintershall AG M.Klain and the companyІs CEO G.Detharding.

Farit Khaidarov is appointed director general of OAO "Northwest oil-trunk pipelines". This was declared at the meeting between Tatarstan President Mintimer Shaimiev and president of OAO "AK Transneft" Semen Vainshtok on January 12 in the Kazan Kremlin.

On January 10, Kazan Gorbunov Producation Association witnessed the event, marking the beginning of a new century for Tatarstan. This epithet belongs to Tatarstan President Mintimer Shaimiev. For the first time in Russian aviation history, one plane has received three documents at once.

President of Tatarstan Mintimer Shaimiev commented upon Governor of Vologda oblast V.Pozgalev's statement that President Vladimir Putin prepares the enlargement of the Federation subjects and consequently there will remain no more than 50 of them.

On January 6, on the eve of the main Christian holiday - Christmas, Tatarstan President Mintimer Shaimiev received in the Kazan Kremlin representatives of the Kazan eparchy.

On occasion of the Holy month of Ramazan and holiday of the end of fasting Uraza-bairam, and in connection with New Year and Christmas celebrations President of Tatarstan Mintimer Shaimiev received congratulations.

On December 30, RT President Mintimer Shaimiev received in the Kremlin the leading representative of the republican scientific, business and cultural circles and granted them with the state awards of Russia and Tatarstan.

On December 29, Tatarstan President Mintimer Shaimiev invited young people to the Kazan Palace of Sports to celebrate New Year and Millennium.

December 26, the working group of presidium RF State Council led by the President of Tatarstan Mintimer Shaimiev has offered the mechanism of accepting the laws concerning subjects of joint management between the centre and regions. In particular, the group has offered to spread all over Russia the laws, accepted on places, - when they are more perfect, rather than federal.