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Mintimer Sharipovich Shaimiev (Tatar: Минтимер Шәрип улы Шәймиев, romanized: Mintimer Şərip ulı Şəymiev; Russian: Минтимер Шарипович Шаймиев; born January 20, 1937) is a Russian former politician who served as the president of Tatarstan from 1991 to 2010.
- I Went at The Right Time
- There Is only One Mecca in The World.
- Unitary Russia Cannot Be A Democratic State
- ‘Shaimiyev, Where Are You Going?’
- Everything in The Country Is Linked to ‘United Russia’
Oleg Pavlov: You have been managing people since your youth. You were President of Tatarstan for nearly 20 years. Then 18 months ago you resigned from your post... Mintimer Shaimiev: I think I went at the right time. I didn’t go prematurely, you know, but at the end of that particular term of office. My departure was normal, by today’s standards, b...
O.P: But you continue to have a fairly large and powerful mandate, which is laid down in the Lawon the State Councillor Mintimer Shaimiev: I’m now busy with a very significant project, the restoration of the town of Bulgar – the ancient Tatar capital – and the island-town Sviyazhsk, the centre of Orthodox Christianity in Tatarstan. Lobbying power i...
O.P.: Doesn’t it worry you when Moscow politicians, in faraway central Russia, call for a unitary state? How can it be a federation, if there is a government of one nation? Mintimer Shaimiev: I’ve said more than once that a unitary Russia cannot be a democratic state, and anyone who thinks otherwise is mistaken. God preserve us from such a historic...
O.P.: We’ve mentioned the Soviet Union… it’s been 20 years since it fell apart. Do you regret that collapse? Mintimer Shaimiev: In the new circumstances it was impossible to keep hold of the Baltic States, because they were incorporated into the Union against their will. But I can say that a reformed Union could have been preserved without the Balt...
O.P.: The former mayor of Moscow, Yury Luzhkov,was one of the politicians of the new Russia with whom you formed a fairly close relationship. Have your relations continued? Mintimer Shaimiev: Not recently. O.P.: Why? Mintimer Shaimiev: Yury Mikhailovich is now in, let’s say, a confined space. At first, when it was all going on, we were in touch. "I...
Jan 20, 2022 · Vladimir Putin signed an Executive Order on awarding Mintimer Shaimiyev the Order of St Andrew the Apostle the First-Called for extraordinary services to the state and years of personal contribution to society.
Oct 7, 2022 · Prior to that, Tatarstan State Councilor Mintimer Shaimiev donated 3,6 thousand books from his personal fund to the library and spoke about the revival of the historical heritage of Tatarstan. About the national heritage and the protection of library collections — read in the material of Realnoe Vremya.
Jan 25, 2010 · The imminent departure of Mintimer Shaimiev as president of Tatarstan may mark the beginning of the end for the aging titans of Russian regional politics, but it will bring little if any real change to one of Russia’s most important ethnic republics.
Dec 5, 2019 · Opening the forum, Tatarstan State Counsellor, UNESCO Special Envoy for Intercultural Dialogue Mintimer Shaimiev reminded that three sites located in the republic have already been included in the UNESCO World Heritage List.
Aug 21, 2023 · On 21 August at the Ceremonial Building of the Kazan Kremlin, Tatarstan State Counselor Mintimer Shaimiev, who is the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Tatarstan Fund of Revival of Monuments of History and Culture, handed in Letters of appreciation from the Regional Revival Fund to participants and organizers of the festival ...
