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.

At a ceremony of handing in fire and rescue vehicles to units of the Chief Directorate of Russian Emergencies Ministry in Tatarstan on 20 January, the Prime Minister of the republic Aleksey Pesoshin said the units servicemen that lives of people depend on their quick response.

Dear Mintimer Sharipovich!

Your bright life filled with heroic deeds is an example of selfless labour and dedicated service to the Motherland.

Today (on 19 January) a photo exhibition “Instants. Years. Epoch”, dedicated to the 85-th birthday of Mintimer Shaymiyev, the First President of Tatarstan and current State Counselor of the republic, has opened in the National Arts Gallery in the Kazan Kremlin.