President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov has arrived in the Netherlands with official Russian delegation to participate in opening of the Year of Russia in the Netherlands and the Year of the Netherlands in Russia. The opening ceremony will be held today with participation of President of Russia Vladimir Putin and Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands.

At a republican meeting at Tatarstan Government House Minister of Construction, Architecture, Housing and Communal Services Irek Faizullin informed that results of the contest among municipalities that actively participated in construction of the football stadium in Kazan will be announced by May 15-20, 2013, and sports grounds will be provided for winners by June 1.

Tatarstan State Counsellor, Chairman of the Board of guardians of the Republican fund for historical and cultural monuments Mintimer Shaimiev held a meeting dedicated to preparation of materials for presentation of the Bolgar historical and architectural complex and Sviyazhsk historical – architectural and natural-landscape complex for inclusion in UNESCO World heritage List.

President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and representatives of Ros Roca Group/INDOX (Spain) discussed issues of mutually beneficial cooperation.The meeting was held at Tatarstan Government House with participation of Vice-President, General Manager of Ros Roca Group/INDOX Salvador Roca, Deputy PM and Chief of Staff of Tatarstan Cabinet of Ministers Shamil Gafarov, Aide to Tatarstan President Rinat Sabirov, employees of Ministry of Construction, Architecture, Housing and Communal Services, Ministry of Transport and Roads, Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources, and OJSC “KAMAZ”.

Issues of television coverage of competitions of the World Summer Universiade in Kazan have been discussed at a meeting between President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and Director General of ANO “Sport broadcasting” Vasily Kiknadze.

President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov has met with Commissioner for human rights of the Council of Europe Nils Muiznieks. The meeting was held at Tatarstan Government House with participation of Commissioner for human rights in RT Saria Saburskaya, a representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in RT Radik Vakhitov, and Aide to Tatarstan President Radik Gimatdinov.

Current state of affairs in the sphere of protection of human rights in Tatarstan has been discussed at a meeting between Chairman of Tatarstan State Council Farid Mukhametshin and Commissioner for human rights of the Council of Europe Nils Muiznieks.

Implementation of “Accessible environment” programme and programmes aimed at resocialization of citizens serving a sentence in places of imprisonment were discussed at a meeting between Tatarstan Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov and Commissioner for human rights of the Council of Europe Nils Muiznieks on April 4.