NEWS
April 26, the programme of reconstruction of venues in the ancient city of Bolgar and the island city of Sviyazhsk was presented at the Kazan Kremlin in presence of Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov. Tatarstan State Counsellor Mintimer Shaimiev, Tatarstan Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov, Tatarstan State Council Chairman Farid Mukhametshin, ministers and head of districts also took part in the meeting.
April 23, Tatarstan State Counsellor Mintimer Shaimiev and Director of the State Hermitage Museum Mikhail Piotrovsky visited the exhibition of French Art of 17-18th centuries at the Hermitage-Kazan Centre.
The meeting of Mintimer Shaimiev, the State Counsellor of the Republic of Tatarstan, and Duisen Kaseinov, the Director General of the International Organization of Turkic Culture TURKSOY, was held at the Kazan Kremlin on April 23.
Tatarstan parliamentarians considered the issue of appointing First Tatarstan President Mintimer Shaimiev as Tatarstan State Counsellor at the 10th session of the State Council of the fourth convocation on April 22.
According to Starostin, the airport’s 2010 business plan provides for an increase in passenger traffic of 13.7 percent, to total 768 thousand passengers. The results of the first quarter of 2010 have however exceed the expectations. Passenger traffic versus the same period last year grew 54.2 percent. “If the trend persists, we could by the end of the year for the first time cross the mark of 1 million passengers,” Alexei Starostin said.
The airport’s revenue in the first quarter of 2010 increased 32 percent, totalling 126 million roubles versus 96 million in the first 3 months of 2009. The business plan stipulates an annual revenue of 580 million roubles, but, the general director said, the current trends raise hopes of the estimates to be substantially exceeded at the year’s end.