The Chairman of the Russian Government Mikhail Mishustin has congratulated the State Counselor of the republic and its First President Mintimer Shaymiyev with his 85-th birthday.

Congratulating the State Counselor of Tatarstan Mintimer Shaymiyev with his 85-th birthday, the Plenipotentiary Ambassador of China to Russia Zhgan Hanhui has said in his telegram:

“I deeply respect you as an outstanding modern political and state leader who tied his destiny with his Motherland and dedicated all his life to honourble work of increasing the well-being of his people.

Congratulating the State Counselor of Tatarstan Mintimer Shaymiyev with his 85-th birthday, the Chairman of the Central Russian Muslims Religious Board Talgat Tadzhutdin has said in his telegram: 

“Your professional experience is a bright example of selfless service to the Fatherland. You rightly belong to a constellation of outstanding modern political and state leaders who are capable of finding the most appropriate solution in the most difficult situations”.

On 20 January Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin and the Russian Deputy Emergencies Minister Nikolay Grechushkin took part in a joint collegium of the Chief Directorate of the Russian Emergencies Ministry and the Tatarstan Emergencies Ministry held in Kazan.

Congratulating the State Counselor of Tatarstan Mintimer Shaymiyev with his 85-th birthday, President of Kazakhstan Kasym –Zhomart Tokayev has said in his telegram:

“You are rightly celebrating this jubilee as and an acknowledged leader of your people, having made a historical contribution into the development of the Republic of Tatarstan as one of the successful and dynamic entities of the Russian Federation.

Director General of the Russian Fund of Facilitation of the Housing and Utility Infrastructure Reforms Konstantin Tsitsin, the President of the Russian Fine Arts Academy Zurab Tsereteli, the Head of Bashkortostan Radiy Khabirov and the Chairman of the Bashkortostan State Council Konstantin Tolkachen have sent  telegrams to the State Counselor Mintimer Shaymiyev congratulating him with his 85-th birthday.

At their meeting in the Kazan Kremlin, the Head of the Tatarstan Muslin Spiritual Board, the regional Mufti Kamil khazrat Samigullin has congratulated Mintimer Shaymiyev with his 85-th birthday.

Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu has congratulated the State Counselor of Tatarstan Mintimer Shaymiyev with his 85-th birthday.

At a meeting with State Counselor of Tatarstan Mintimer Shaymiyev in Kazan on 20 January, The Kazan and Tatarstan Metropolitan Kirill read out the congratulation from His Holiness the Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia to Shaymiyev with his 85-th birthday.

Speaking at a ceremony opening the All-Russian Fire Games for the Cup of the Tatarstan Prime Minister held in Kazan with participation of 400 people from 15 regions of Russia, the Russian Deputy Emergencies Minister Nikolay Grechushkin has said that the  fire-fighting and fire-rescue sports is the sports for strong and courageous people.