On 12 June, the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov, the State Counselor of the republic Mintimer Shaimiev, the Aid to the Russian President Aleksey Dyumin, the Counselor of the Russian President Igor Levitin and the Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin took part in a solemn ceremony of opening the BRICS Sports Games which for the first time in the history are held in Russia.
On 3 June in the Kazan Kremlin Tatarstan State Counselor Mintimer Shaimiev, who is also the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Regional Revival Fund, had a meeting with His Royal Highness Prince Turki AlFaisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, who is the Chairman of the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies.
On 31 May at their meeting held with participation of the Chairman of the State Council of the republic Farid Mukhametshin in the Kazan Kremlin, Tatarstan State Counselor Mintimer Shaimiev, who is also the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Regional Revival Fund, and the Parliamentary Leader of the One Russia Fraction in the Russian State Duma Vladimir Vasilyev, who is also the Chairman of the All-Russian public-state organization “The Assembly of People of Russia”, shared their viewpoints on work of the Assembly of People of Tatarstan and the Assembly of People of Russia.
On May 19, the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov, Tatarstan State Counselor Mintimer Shaimiev, the Chairman of the Russian Muslims Spiritual Board Talgat Tadzhuddin, the Mufti of Russia Ravil Gaynutdin, the Metropolitan of Kazan and Tatarstan Kirill and also other religious leaders of Russia.
On 17 May at the representative building of the Kazan Kremlin, Tatarstan State Counselor Mintimer Shaimiev, who is the UNESCO Good Will Ambassador, had a meeting with the Director General of the Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ICESCO) Dr. Salim Mohammed AlMalik, who came to Tatarstan to take part in the XV International Economic Forum “Russia-the Islamic World: KazanForum 2024” being held in Kazan these days.
On 16 May at their meeting in the Kazan Kremlin, the Tatarstan State Counselor Mintimer Shaimiev and the Director General of the State Hermitage Mikhail Piotrovsky, who currently is taking part in the XV International Economic Forum “Russia-the Islamic World: KazanForum 2024”, discussed a number of issues of management of the World Heritage sites and certain aspects of preservation of the intangible heritage.
On 9 May the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and the State Counselor of the republic Mintimer Shaimiev accompanied by the Chairman of the State Council of the republic Farid Mukhametshin, the regional Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin, the Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin and representatives of a number of youth organizations attended the Victory Park in Kazan and laid flowers to the Eternal Flame by the Memorial of Glory.
On 26 April in the morning the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and the State Counselor of the republic Mintimer Shaimiev laid flowers to the monument of the great Tatar poet Gabdulla Tukay in Kazan.
On April 20, speaking at a solemn event dedicated to the Day of local self-government in Russia, held with participation of the State Counselor of the republic Mintimer Shaimiev, the Chairman of the local State Council Farid Mukhamteshin and the Chairman of the Association “The Council of Tatarstan Municipalities” Ekzam Gubaydullin, the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov said that not a single large scale task of the state level is solved without municipalities.
On April 4, the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov held a meeting of the Antiterrorist Commission of the republic which took place at the Representative Edifice of the Kazan Kremlin with participation of the State Counselor of the republic Mintimer Shaimiev, permanent members of the Commission, heads of executive bodies, heads of Kuybyshev and Gorkii Railways and Transport Prosecution of the Volga region, heads of the transport infrastructure, transport and road economy.