Kazan

• 16 December 2011, 08:56 “Starship troopers” led by Grechko meet with Kazan students

  “I was out of luck. As often as I looked out of the window, I saw no mysterious objects,” Grechko conceded.

• 14 December 2011, 15:18 Fines of 500 thousand roubles issued in Kazan for untimely snow removal from pavements and roofs

  Over 100 building owners have been held responsible.

• 12 December 2011, 12:52 Forty eight New Year trees and parks to be installed in Kazan

  The city’s central tree on the Millennium Square will get alight on 25 December.

• 12 December 2011, 12:39 Over 100 thousand children in Kazan to receive gifts at local budget’s expense

  The cost of one gift is 150 roubles.

• 12 December 2011, 09:07 Unauthorised street rally in Kazan ends in about 100 detentions

  Those present protested against the results of a recent Russian State Duma election.

• 7 December 2011, 14:52 Republican competition of young pianists after Zhiganov to take place in Kazan

  The competition is held to mark the great Tatar composer’s centennial anniversary.

• 5 December 2011, 11:29 Surveillance cameras over year help reveal 1,120 incidents in Kazan

  Information is received from 269 cameras installed on city streets.

• 30 November 2011, 09:12 Biologist from Kazan wins 1-million-rouble Zvorykin Prize

  A Russia-wide forum of young innovators has taken place in Moscow.

• 29 November 2011, 13:35 Forty cultural heritage assets to be auctioned in 1st quarter of 2012 in Kazan

  Twelve such structures have this year been prepared for sale, 3 have been sold.

• 24 November 2011, 15:56 Ilsur Metshin: “The year’s housing construction target in Kazan will be exceeded”

  Kazan mayor has visited new move-ins.

• 23 November 2011, 13:02 Mayor of Kazan within Belekech programme opens three kindergartens

  All of them are located in the Azino district.

• 22 November 2011, 17:23 New runway at Kazan’s airport to allow receive world’s largest airplanes

  Even A-380 airbuses will be able to land and take off in the Tatarstan's capital.

• 22 November 2011, 12:57 Intermodal railway branch in Kazan to be launched on 12.12.12.

  A trip from the city’s centre to the airport will take 20 minutes. The project cost is 12.9 billion roubles.

• 22 November 2011, 11:47 Kazan and Algeria’s Tlemcen sign cooperation agreement

  Tlemсen’s experience in reconstructing historical and cultural monuments will be very useful for tatarstan, President of Tatarstan said.

• 21 November 2011, 12:53 224 houses preliminarily included in next-year’s major repair plan in Kazan

  In all, 5,125 multiflat buildings are found in Kazan.