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On March 2, Tatarstan State Counsellor, Chairman of the Board of guardians of “Revival” Foundation Mintimer Shaimiev held a meeting on creating the exposition dedicated to the history of Turkic-Tatar writing system at the Museum of Bolgar civilization. The project of the exposition and square that will be created within the framework of the Year of parks and squares in Tatarstan was presented to participants of the meeting.

On February 25, at an extended session of Tatarstan Presidential Council for inter-ethnic relations at the Kazan Kremlin, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov said that it is important to organize work with young people in this sphere. Chairman of Russian Presidential Council for the development of civil society and human rights, Counsellor to Russian President Mikhail Fedotov, Tatarstan State Counsellor Mintimer Shaimiev, Chairman of State Council Farid Mukhametshin and Deputy Presidential envoy in Volga Federal District Oleg Melnichenko took part in the event.

Presentation of awards of the International festival “Let’s do sports all together” was held at the State Theatre of Film Actor in Moscow. Bronze angel statuettes were handed over to laureates, participants of important events, who committed heroic deeds to protect honour and dignity of people and state using their sports skills, actively promoted sport in different spheres of state and public activity and got most positive review in mass media. The award was handed to the first President of the Republic of Tatarstan Mintimer Shaimiev for preventing escalation of violence in solving problems with Crimean Tatars during annexation of Crimea by Russia.