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President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov has revered the memory of the fallen on the 67th anniversary of Victory in Great Patriotic War today. Head of republic laid flowers to the Eternal Flame at the Memorial of Glory and the Monument to mothers and widows of the fallen in the Kazan Victory Park. The Tatarstan State Counselor Mintimer Shaimiev, State Chairman Farid Mukhametshin, Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov and Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin jointed RT President and honored the memory of GPW victims.

State Counselor of the Republic of Tatarstan Mintimer Shaimiev takes part in a solemn inauguration ceremony of Vladimir Putin as President of Russia in Moscow.

Victory Day takes a special important place in history of the Russian state and is a sacred holiday for every Russian citizen. Such a statement was made by the Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov at a solemn event dated to 67th anniversary of Victory in Great Patriotic War. Celebration took place at G.Kamal theatre with participation of RT State Counselor Mintimer Shaimiev, Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov, chiefs of republican ministries and agencies.

The farewell ceremony for the Tatarstan people’s writer, famous playwright, prose writer, publicist and public figure Tufan Minnullin took place in Kazan today. President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov, State Counselor Mintimer Shaimiev, State Council Chairman Farid Mukhametshin, cultural, art and public figures, hundreds of residents of republic came to G.Kamal theatre to say goodbye to Tufan Minnullin.

Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan Ildar Khalikov and State Counselor Mintimer Shaimiev were on a working trip in the ancient city of Bolgar and viewed objects under construction and restoration within realization of the project of the Republican fund “Vozrozhdenie” (Revival).