President of Tatartsan Rustam Minnikhanov met with commission reporters of PACE at a Kazan Kremlin. The point is on development of democratization processes in Russia, on principles of holding election campaigns, on preserving stability in such multi-confessional and multinational region as Republic Tatarstan . PACE commission reporters on monitoring Andreas Gross (Switzerland) and Giorgi Frunda (Romania) stay in Kazan with a working visit (January 19-22 , 2011). The program of their stay in Tatarstan includes communication with representatives of prosecutor offices, leaders of national-cultural autonomies, representatives of Religious board of Muslims of Tatarstan, Orthodox clerics, members of RT Public chamber etc., visiting Republican center of sports-patriotic pre-conscript youth training «Patriot», RT State Council.

Year of teacher should turn into Century of teacher. This was stated by President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov at closing ceremony held at Kazan Pyramid. «Year of teacher is over and today we sum up its results. Look, how much can be done for a year! – Rustam Minnikhanov mentioned. – Today one cannot help but agree that Year of teacher should turn into Century of teacher. We have adopted 5-year strategy of education development «Kilyechek». I think that in such format we must work further and sum up annually the results».

Each year IT –sphere in Republic of Tatarstan undergoes big changes granting more and more possibilities for sectors of the economy, citizens and authority bodies. This was stated by President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov at year’s results board session in RT Ministry of informatization and communication.The borad session took place in the IT – park building (Kazan), in video conference format with switching all municipal regions of Tatarstan. Deputy RT Premier –Minister of informatization and communication Nikolai Nikiforov came out with a report on 2010 year’s results.

President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov called for the most effective use of natural materials for the road construction in Tatarstan. This was said on January 19 during the visit to the Kazan State Architectural-Construction University (KGASU).During the inspection of the sports complex, hostels and housing of KGASU Rustam Minnikhanov was accompanied by Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing of Tatarstan Irek Faizullin, Minister of Transport and Roads of Tatarstan Lenar Safin, RT Minister of Education and Science Albert Gilmutdinov and other officials. The tour was conducted by rector of KGASU Rashid Nizamov.

The Republic of Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov met with representatives of Nike Russia on Wednesday. Potential cooperation in promoting sports and encouraging grassroots sports was discussed at the meeting.According to Rustam Minnikhanov, Tatarstan capital – Kazan is by right considered to be Russia’s sports capital. Sports teams from Tatarstan are well-known in Russia and beyond its borders in such sports as ice hockey, football, volleyball, etc. Kamaz-Master team again became the winner of the Dakar rally recently.Kazan will host participants and guests of the World Summer Sports Student Games (the Universiade) in 2013, Rustam Minnikhanov reminded. Moreover, in 2018 the football world championship matches will take place in Tatarstan capital. Tatarstan President offered Nike to establish long-term mutually beneficial cooperation.

First session this year of Republican interdepartmental commission of raising life standards and income legalization has been held at a House of Tatarstan Government chaired by RT first Deputy Prime Minister R.F. Muratov. The first question dealing with the results of implementing regional program of extra measures aimed at lowering tension in labor market was accounted by RT Deputy Minister of labor, employment and social protection Klara Tazetdinova.

Growth of tariffs for communal services in Tatarstan has not exceeded 15 % in 2011. This has been announced today at briefing in RT Cabinet by chairman of RT State Committee on tariffs Marina Fairushina.Head of State committee noted that since adoption of amendments in RF Housing Code in August 2010 municipal formations lost their authorities for fixing tariffs, they were delegated to regional level. Marina Fairushina stressed that it was connected with inspections held last year during which many abuses in fixing tariffs were found.

First ceremony of awarding RF and RT State awards was held in Kazan Kremlin on January,17. President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov handed awards to more than 50 outstanding figures of science, culture and art, workers in the sphere of economy, law, agriculture and officials of state power.At the beginning of his speech head of republic congratulated the team “KAMAZ-Master” on winning rally “Dakar”. “It is such a great victory for our country”, - he stressed.

Tatarstan, the Tver and Samara regions will in 2011 participate in the pilot project called Accessible Environment, the department of invalids at the Russian Health Ministry Grigory Lekarev has today told a Tatarstan Labour, Employment and Social Security Ministry staff meeting, attended by Tatarstan President R. Minnikhanov.According to the department’s director, an integrated approach will be used in implementing the programme, measures will be taken in the social security, healthcare, culture, education, transport and other spheres. Organisations of invalids will be asked to consult, to provide feedback.

Session of Commission on prevention and liquidation of emergency situations and providing fire safety was held by RT Acting Prime Minister Ravil Muratov. The session was held in House of RT Government in format of video conference with participation of municipal regions of republic. Members of commission discussed the problem of clearing multi-apartment houses, objects of social-cultural sphere, sport infrastructure and neighboring territories from snow and ice. First deputy minister of construction, architecture and housing Rauzil Khaziev reported on current situation. He said that today this problem is very urgent for many Russian regions.