In Paris, the regular meeting of representatives of the Tatar community took place. Participants of the event expressed their willingness to cooperate actively with the Russian Embassy in France, Rossotrudnichestvo, authorized representative of Tatarstan, local organizations and municipalities. Among the issues that were considered urgent – implementation of the tasks of the World Congress of Tatars: consolidation of the Tatars, ...

Onstage of G. Tukai Tatar State Philharmonic, among his closest friends and admirers a singer Salavat Fatkhetdinov celebrated his 54 birthday. The fans brought him on….. empty chest to a crowded room of the Tatar Philharmonic, Tatarstan media reports. Photo: Shamil Abdushev

In the British capital on Sunday evening , a charity performance of the Russian actress Chulpan Khamatova took place. A solo performance “In the hour when the souls go to hands” based on the works by Marina Tsvetaeva and Bella Akhmadulina. Poetry and prose the actress read out with piano ( Polina Kondratkova ) and saxophone (Veronica Kozhukharova ) accompaniment. ...

The resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Tatarstan has approved a plan of the main activities of the program "Kazan - the cultural capital of the Turkic world in 2014".

In Bolgar, at the White Mosque, festivities were held to mark the Mawlid al-Nabi. A fete was held under the auspices of the Religious Administration of Muslims of Tatarstan. The event was attended by President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov, State Councillor Mintimer Shaimiev, head of the Central Religious Administration of Muslims of Russia Talgat Tadzhutdin, Deputy Chairman of the Russian ...