(Kazan City KZN.RU, 5 February). XV Congress of party "United Russia" launched today in Moscow. The event is attended by the Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin.
The delegations from each region of the country will be the participants of the congress, which will last for two days. Tatarstan delegation is headed by Secretary of the Tatarstan regional branch of "United Russia", Chairman of State Council Farid Mukhametshin. The main theme of the Congress is the preparation for the upcoming pre-federal party vote to determine the nominees for the subsequent nomination of candidates for deputies of the State Duma of the seventh convocation.
On the first day work of the congress is scheduled in ten discussion panels: "Discussion of the Regulation of conducting of early voting", "Health", "Education and Science", "Budgetary and Fiscal Policy", "Industrial Policy", "Social Policy", "Agricultural Development , support for social infrastructure in rural areas"," Economic policy, support of entrepreneurship", "Transport infrastructure", “ Strengthening of Russian identity, dialogue of cultures and religions”. Participants will discuss the problems of areas and develop proposals on the most pressing issues.
The party chairman, Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Medvedev will attend the plenary session of the second day of the congress.
The congress is scheduled to approve the regulation on the procedure of the general federal pre-party voting, as well as the composition of the Federal Organizing Committee, that will accept the rules - a step by step instruction in a preliminary vote, the official website of the party informs.