On 31 May at their meeting held with participation of the Chairman of the State Council of the republic Farid Mukhametshin in the Kazan Kremlin, Tatarstan State Counselor Mintimer Shaimiev, who is also the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Regional Revival Fund, and the Parliamentary Leader of the One Russia Fraction in the Russian State Duma Vladimir Vasilyev, who is also the Chairman of the All-Russian public-state organization “The Assembly of People of Russia”, shared their viewpoints on work of the Assembly of People of Tatarstan and the Assembly of People of Russia.
Mintimer Shaimiev showed his guest the exposition telling about work of the Revival Fund and told about implemented projects on revival of the Ancient Town of Bolgar and the Town-Island of Sviyazhsk, the establishment of Bolgar Islamic Academy and the reconstruction of the Kazan Virgin Cathedral and the establishment of the Adymnar multi-language schools.
In his turn Vladimir Vasilyev stated that the successful revival of Muslim and Orthodox shrines facilitates strengthening of inter-ethnic and inter-confessional concord in the republic. ”You have an amazing feeling of time and have always attached attention to all ethnicities and all religions, thank you so much,” he said.