23 июля 2010 года в 12:17 Rubric: English digest Author: Alexander GAVRILENKO , "ViD"
The sun bakes hard, we always want to drink and the only place that dramatically rescues from the heat is the river or lake bank. It is not surprising that, even after learning about the recent closure on sanitary-epidemiological indicators of three of the Kazan city beaches, the citizens have not left these beloved places of summer vacation. Despite the sign saying "Bathing is forbidden", the number of people by the water has not lessened. More »
About 70% of grain harvested this summer must be laid under the next year's harvest. Meanwhile, because of the drought could collect no more than 1 million ton against 5-6 million tons of previous years. More »
23 июля 2010 года в 12:13 Rubric: English digest Author: Natalia Sukhorukova , "ViD"
Tatarstan's President Rustam Minnikhanov called absurdity the possibility of merging Kazan and Zelenodol'sk, concluding yesterday the outcome of an extraordinary session of the Zelenodolsk municipal district. Thus the plans about Big Kazan, said at the Kazan Municipal Duma session in June by Ilsur Metshin the Mayor of Kazan, stayed in an uncertain future. More »
23 июля 2010 года в 12:11 Rubric: English digest Author: Evgeny Panov, member of the Academy of Military History
Admiralteyskaya Sloboda is a familiar name to all Kazan citizens, but few know that once half of all ships of the Russian navy was made up in our city. On the eve of Navy Day, let us recall some episodes from the history of Kazan shipbuilding. More »
23 июля 2010 года в 00:06 Rubric: English digest Author: Tatiana Mamaeva , "ViD"
He seems a stayer - moves the career not very quickly, but came to the theater to stay. As far as I understand in the first years after the mad takeoff from the department of directing at GITIS, conversations and piles of abusive and laudatory reviews were not observed. Michael PANDZHAVIDZE's joining the opera is slow, smooth, but ... thorough. The director of the Bolshoi Theatre, where it is not so easy to get the setting unless you are scandalous or in a clan, somehow invisibly began to stage in the province numerously and quality, and joined the top ten of most popular directors. More »
23 июля 2010 года в 00:04 Rubric: English digest Author: Andrey Sheptitsky , "ViD"
At the invitation of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Tatarstan Lieutenant General Ruslan Alkhanov the Minister of Interior of the Chechen Republic came to Kazan yesterday on a working visit. More »
Yesterday, in Kazan Kremlin Mintimer Shaimiev State Councilor of the Republic of Tatarstan held the meeting on the restoration of architectural monuments of Sviyazhsk island town as part of the integrated project called “Tatarstan's Cultural Heritage": the ancient city of Bolgar and Sviyazhsk island town. More »
22 июля 2010 года в 00:08 Rubric: English digest Author: Tatiana Mamaeva , "ViD"
Yesterday, the Orthodox world celebrated the day of gaining of the miraculous icon of the Virgin of Kazan in the city of Kazan, the so-called "summer" Kazan. More »
22 июля 2010 года в 00:06 Rubric: English digest Author: Nina AGAEVA , "ViD"
Efficiency of state and municipal property management is still not at the appropriate level, and the inspections in this area reveal serious violations. This can be seen from the results of yesterday's meeting of the Ministry of Land and Property Relations of the Republic of Tatarstan. More »
22 июля 2010 года в 00:04 Rubric: English digest Author: Tatiana Mamaeva, "ViD"
When they first started talking, of course, it was unbelievable - the best circus in the world - Canadian "Cirque du Soleil- will perform in Kazan! Nevertheless, it is true. Tour of "solar" circus will begin in August 21 and will last until September 26. Very soon its tent camps will spread in the Fairground of the capital of Tatarstan. More »
21 июля 2010 года в 00:45 Rubric: English digest Author: Alexander GAVRILENKO , "ViD"
Only one million tons of grain are planning to gather in the fields of Tatarstan this year. The abnormal drought prevents to achieve success of the past years, when up to five million tons was gathered. However, Marat Akhmetov the Minister of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Tatarstan is sure that this will not impact the price of bread: one million ton is already in the granaries of the Republic, another million ton of grain will be gathered from fields this year, and a third million ton is promised from the Federal interventional fund. Considering that the annual need of Tatarstan in the grain is 250 thousand tons of wheat and 100,000 tons of rye, hunger cannot be feared. More »
21 июля 2010 года в 00:44 Rubric: English digest Author: Natalia Sukhorukova , "ViD"
While the responsible people declare the absence of reasons for panic commenting on the expected drought effects, citizens stockpile flour, cereals and pasta products in shops and markets. A light inspection of "sifting" realisation places produced by the "ViD" reporter yesterday confirmed that flour is one of the most sold items today. More »
21 июля 2010 года в 00:40 Rubric: English digest Author: Natalia Sukhorukova , "ViD"
A distinguished scholar, a wise teacher, an extraordinary politician, a successful businessman, a wonderful family man - these and other manifestations, and sides of Alexander Tarkaev the famous Tatar businessman recalled yesterday his relatives, colleagues and associates in the Chamber of Commerce of Tatarstan. More »
Refer to the successful friends and acquaintances for help in employment - is not it easier than the endless interviews? The hh.ru research showed, the vast majority of respondents in Tatarstan prefer patronage to any other means of employment. But what if work is not to your liking? More »
21 июля 2010 года в 00:37 Rubric: English digest Author: Andrey Sheptitsky , "ViD"
Yesterday, during the debate on the Supreme Court of Tatarstan on the "Sevastopol" gang leaders and the members case, the prosecutor read the sentences, which in his opinion, the defendants deserved. More »