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Ilsur Metshin congratulates a Kazan schoolboy on his upcoming birthday – his father is a participant of the special military operation
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Ilsur Metshin has visited a hockey match of amateur yard teams
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The Mayor of Kazan visits the multimedia exhibition “Ukraine. At the turn of the era”
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Ilsur Metshin attends the premiere screening of the documentary “Mustai”
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The Mayor of Kazan congratulates the team of the Sdvig Chamber Theater on the fifth anniversary
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Ilsur Metshin scores a goal and assistes to Zaripov at the Golden Puck gala match
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Ilsur Metshin visits Farit Gubayev’s photo exhibition “The Art of presence”
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Ilsur Metshin congratulates Danis Zaripov, a captain of the snow leopards, on the anniversary match at the championships of Russia
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Ilsur Metshin visits the greenhouses of the Gorvodzelenkhoz, where seedlings are being grown since the beginning of the year
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Ilsur Metshin meets with Tatarstan bloggers
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The Mayor of Kazan awarded a hockey player Andrey Pisarev for his contribution to the development of sport in Tatarstan
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The Mayor of Kazan at the Ak Bars Show: the super shot by Minnikhanov and a favorite player in the team
Ilsur Metshin spoke at the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe
Ilsur Metshin, the Mayor of Kazan, spoke at a meeting of the political group “independent and liberal democrats” at the 31st plenary session of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe, which was held in Strasbourg, France, from 18 to 21 of October.
In his report, he presented to the Council of Europe 12 priorities, which reflect further points of growth in the capital of Tatarstan. All of them coincide with the main priorities, determined by the Congress of the Council of Europe. The Mayor of Kazan also spoke in detail about the development of his city, how the problems of ecology, transportation, improvement are being resolved, about positive changes in the quality of the urban environment, increasing the life expectancy of citizens, increasing investment and tourist flow, and holding international events.
“The interaction of the municipality with the citizens is based on the principles of full transparency and understandability for the population of the decisions taken. All main initiatives are based, as a rule, on the opinion of citizens. Public hearings, public competitions of projects, public voting on many questions have already become the usual practice of city life”, I. Metshin shared the secret of a successful interaction of municipal authorities with the population.
During the Congress, Ilsur Metshin was elected the deputy chairman of the Committee on topical issues of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe. The secret selection was held on October 19. The head of the Tatarstan’s capital was nominated as a strong manager who has been working as mayor for 17 years and has a tremendous experience in solving urban problems. The representatives of Romania, Germany, France, Ukraine, and Armenia also applied for the position.
The Mayor of Kazan is included in the list of representatives of the Russian Federation in the Chamber of Local Authorities of the Council of Europe by presidential decree in July 2016. The Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe is an advisory body of the Council of Europe, consisting of 324 elected representatives of the local (the Chamber of Local Authorities) and regional levels of government (the Chamber of Regions) and their respective deputies of the Council of Europe.