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On September 26, at the Jalil Tatar State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov and State Counsellor of the republic Mintimer Shaimiev attended the opening night of the Syuyumbike Opera created by Rezeda Akhiyarova.
On September 25, at the Piramida Entertainment Complex, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, President of LUKOIL Vagit Alekperov and Tatarstan State Counsellor Mintimer Shaimiev took part in the solemn ceremony of summing up the results of the ninth contest of social and cultural projects of LUKOIL Company in Tatarstan.
As many as 610 applications from 45 regions of the republic were submitted and 146 projects won the contest this year.
On September 24, at the Kazan Kremlin, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov held a meeting of the Coordination Commission for counteracting corruption in Tatarstan.
Tatarstan State Counsellor Mintimer Shaimiev, Chairman of the regional State Council Farid Mukhametshin, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin, heads of regional ministries, agencies and municipalities took part in the meeting.
On September 24, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov delivered his annual address to the State Council of the Republic of Tatarstan about internal and external situation of the republic.
Tatarstan State Counsellor Mintimer Shaimiev took part in the meeting, after which he shared his impressions with journalists.
On September 5, during his working visit to Tatarstan, First Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of Russia Sergey Kiriyenko together with Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, State Counsellor of the republic Mintimer Shaimiev and Metropolitan of Kazan and Tatarstan Feofan got acquainted with the progress of reconstruction of the Cathedral of the Kazan icon of the Mother of God.
On September 4, at the Pyramida Entertainment Complex in Kazan, the 14th Kazan International Festival of Muslim Cinema, which has been held under the motto "through the dialogue of cultures - to the culture of dialogue" since 2005, was opened in Kazan.
On September 4, the former Director General of UNESCO Irina Bokova, who arrived on a working visit in Kazan, was met by Tatarstan State Counsellor, UNESCO Special Envoy for Intercultural Dialogue Mintimer Shaimiev at the Kazan International Airport.
On August 29, in the Government House of the republic, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov held a regular meeting on preparation for the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the foundation of the TASSR.
Tatarstan State Counsellor Mintimer Shaimiev, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin, Deputy Chairman of the regional State Council Rimma Ratnikova, heads of ministers and departments of the republic, heads of municipalities took part in the meeting.
On August 25, in the Kazan Kremlin, Tatarstan Counsellor, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Revival Foundation Mintimer Shaimiev had a meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, who is on a working visit in Kazan.
On August 17, at the Korston Entertainment Complex, Head of Tatmedia Regional press and mass media agency Airat Zaripov opened a plenary session of the seventh Forum of national and regional mass media of Russia held in Kazan on August 16-18. Over 200 delegates, editors and journalists from 19 regions of Russia, took part in the Forum.