The inauguration ceremony of Rustam Minnikhanov as Rais of Tatarstan begins in Kazan. Before the ceremony, the Chairman of the Central Election Commission of Tatarstan, Andrey Kondratyev, presented Minnikhanov with the official certificate of Rais of the Republic of Tatarstan. This was reported by Liliya Galimova, head of the press service of the republic’s leader.
Prior to the ceremony, Rustam Minnikhanov met with the heads of regional branches of political parties that had participated in the Rais elections.
The single voting day took place on September 14. Rustam Minnikhanov won the Rais elections, in which four candidates took part. He secured 88.09 percent of the votes. Khafiz Mirgalimov received 4.97 percent, Vitaly Smirnov – 1.9 percent, and Ruslan Yusupov – 4.2 percent of the ballots cast.
