On February 25, speaking at an extended session of the Presidential Council for inther-ethnic relations held by Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, Deputy Chief of Staff of Tatarstan President’s Administrative Office - Head of the Department for domestic policy Alexander Terentyev said that all the programme documents adopted in Tatarstan, contributing to the preservation of interethnic and interreligious harmony, are aimed at preserving languages and cultures of the peoples living in Tatarstan and ensuring inter-ethnic and inter-religious peace and concord, harmonization of interethnic relations.

Among main programme documents Alexander Terentyev mentioned the Concept of the state national policy in Tatarstan and state programmes, including "The implementation of the state national policy in Tatarstan for 2014 - 2020 years", "Preservation of national identity of Tatar people (2014 - 2016 years)," "Preservation, learning and development of state languages of the Republic of Tatarstan and other languages in the Republic of Tatarstan for 2014 - 2020 years ", as well as the sub-programme "Prevention of terrorism and extremism in the Republic of Tatarstan for 2014-2016 years", " Ensuring public order and combating crime in the Republic of Tatarstan for 2014 - 2020 years ", and others.

Terentyev reminded that Tatarstan is one of the 11 pilot regions for testing the unified federal system of monitoring the interethnic situation.