February 25, Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation Dmitry Kozak came to the Republic of Tatarstan on a working visit. Tatarstan President Mintimer Shaimiev, Prime Minister Rustam Minnikhanov, Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing Marat Khusnullin met the deputy head of the Russian Government at the Kazan International Airport.
On the threshold of Defenders of the Motherland Day Tatarstan President Mintimer Shaimiev visited the Victory Park to commemorate the fallen in the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945) and lay flowers to the Eternal Flame.