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On December 22, Tatarstan State Counsellor and Chairman of the Board of Guardians of “Revival” Foundation Mintimer Shaimiev held a meeting on creating exposition dedicated to history of Turkic-Tatar writing in Bolgar.
On December 20, Tatarstan State Counsellor Mintimer Shaimiev, Minister of Culture Airat Sibagatullin, and other officials of the republic took part in the 15th anniversary annual international festival of Tatar pop songs “Tatar zhyry-2014” that has been held since 1999. The festival is organized by the Innovative business center “Bars Media”, radio station “Tatar radiosy”, and TV channel “TatMuzTV”.
On December 15, in Kazan, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, Tatarstan State Counsellor, Chairman of the Board of Guardians of the Regional Fund “Revival” Mintimer Shaimiev, Tatarstan Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov, Chairman of Tatarstan State Council Farid Mukhametshin and other officials attended a presentation of the brand “Cultural Heritage of Tatarstan."
December 15, at a joint session of the Presidential Council on inter-ethnic and inter-confessional relations and Coordination meeting on ensuring law and order in the Republic of Tatarstan, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov said that a positive character of inter-confessional relations is a competitive advantage of the republic and its maintenance is a priority of regional leadership.
Tatarstan State Counsellor Mintimer Shaimiev, Chairman of Tatarstan State Council Farid Mukhametshin, Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov, Russian Deputy Presidential Envoy in Volga Federal District Oleg Melnichenko, Director of the Department for inter-ethnic relations of Russian Ministry of Culture Alexander Zhuravsky, heads of ministries and agencies, and federal executive authorities, deputies of Tatarstan State Council took part in the session.
On December 11, Tatarstan State Counsellor, Chairman of the Board of guardians of Regional Foundation of the Revival of historical and cultural monuments Mintimer Shaimiev held a session at the Kazan Kremlin.
On December 8, Tatarstan State Counsellor, Senior Advisor to FIDE President, member of the Board of Trustees of the Russian Chess Federation Mintimer Shaimiev received a letter of thanks from the President of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) Kirsan Ilyumzhinov for successful holding of the Russian Super Final Russian Chess Championship held from November 27 to December 7 in Kazan.
On December 6, at the Tatneft-Arena Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, Tatarstan State Counsellor Mintimer Shaimiev, Russia’s Minister of Communication and Media Nikolay Nikiforov, Russia’ Deputy Minister of Education and Science Alexander Klimov, Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin, several thousands of students and employees took part in a solemn event dedicated to the 210th anniversary of Kazan Federal University.
On November 29, Tatarstan President accompanied by the State Counsellor Mintimer Shaimiev, deputy of Russian State Duma Evgeny Grishin, Chief of Staff of Tatarstan President’s Office Asgat Safarov, Deputy Chairman of Tatarstan State Council Tatyana Larionova, Minister of Culture Airat Sibagatullin, Minister of Transport and Roads Lenar Safin, Minister of Construction Irek Faizullin, and Head of Zelenodolsk region Aleksandr Tygin visited the island town of Sviyazhsk.
On November 28, Tatarstan State Counsellor, member of the Board of Guardians of Russian chess federation Mintimer Shaimiev and 12-time world champion, deputy of State Duma of the Federal Assembly Anatoly Karpov visited men’s and woman’s superfinal games of Russian chess championship at “Khazine” national art gallery at the Kazan Kremlin.
Results of the open regional youth contest of social ecological advertisement “Pure vision” organized by Tatarstan Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources were summarized at Kazan IT-park on November 28. The judges selected 15 projects in nominations social video, short film, video made on a gadget, social poster and photo project.