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The current winner of Dakar marathon among trucks, pilot of KAMAZ-Master team Firdaus Kabirov won the fourth lap of Silk Road rally-raid. He now is on the second place in the overall rating and approached close to the leader – Vladimir Chagin.

A press-conference “On the federal electronic site zakazrf.ru for holding open electronic auctions for the right to set up government contracts” will take place in Moscow at Interfax news agency office on September 8.
Tatarstan Premier Rustam Minnikhanov and Director General of the Republic of Tatarstan Agency for Government Order Yakov Geller are to participate in the press-conference.

Organizational issues related to preparation and holding of the International Forum on sustainable development of Russian towns were discussed at the RT Economy Ministry.

Tatarstan President Mintimer Shaimiev held a meeting with heads of institutions of higher education of Tatarstan at the Kazan Kremlin on September 8.

A Tatarstan-wide meeting in Kazan with the participation of the Prime Minister Roustam Minnikhanov has today discussed issues related to housing construction and commissioning in Tatarstan.

RT Minister of youth affairs, sport and tourism Marat Bariev returned from London where trade and economic meetings of the organizing committees of 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi and 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan with representatives of British business and sport circles took place.

September 5, an agreement on cooperation between the Kazan administration and the Intourist external-economic joint company was signed in Kazan by Ilsur Metshin, the mayor of Kazan, and Aleksander Arutyunov, the president of Intourist.

The official opening ceremony of the rally was held at noon on the square near Tatneft-Arena. Tatarstan President Mintimer Shaimiev, the Russian Federation Minister for Sport, Tourism and Youth Policy Vitaly Mutko and other officials greeted sportsmen.

Specialist for science, technologies and innovations of the financial department for Europe and Central Asia development Jean-Louis Rasin and other experts of the department were the guests of the university.

September 4, a grandiose feast - First Open Modern Culture Festival Kremlin LIVE 2009 - starts at the Kazan Kremlin. It is held on the initiative of the LIVE Group Production creative association and the Kremlin open-air museum with the support of the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of youth, sports and tourism of Tatarstan.