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A quarterly magazine “Anti-corruption reporter” has been published since 2014 at the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan. It is an e-magazineposted on the website of the Ministry in the section “Anti-corruption measures”. The magazine covers reviews of anti-corruption workin the Republic of Tatarstan, as well as articles of journalists in the field of anti-corruption measures and amendments to the legislation.

The 2nd Russian industrial and ecological forum “RosPromEco-2014” will be held in Moscow on December 16 – 17, 2014. Russian and world experts, representatives of the federal legislative and executive authorities, official delegations from 50 constituent entities of the Russian Federation, representatives of specialized services of industrial enterprises and companiesspecialized in the field of equipment manufacturing and rendering of ecological services and technologies, as well as companies who are consumers of the corresponding services and equipment will participate in the Forum.

The International research-to-practice conference “Legal science and education in the XXI century” will be held at Kazan (Volga) Federal Universityand it coincided with the210th anniversary of Kazan University.One of the sections was devoted to the creative heritage of the professor of Kazan and Moscow UniversitiesVladislav Petrov and modern science of the ecological law. The Minister for Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan Artem Sidorov made a report on the“Aspects of ecological policy of the Republic of Tatarstan”. He reminded that in 2007 the Concept of ecological safety of the Republic of Tatarstan was adopted and it is being now implemented.General efforts are concentrated on enhancement

A coordination meeting of heads of law-enforcement agencies was held on September 24that the Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Tatarstanwith regard to the issues of enhancement of interaction of law-enforcement agencies against offences and crimes in the field of nature use. The meeting was held by the Prosecutor of the Republic of Tatarstan Ildus Nafikovwith participation of the Volga Interregional Nature Protection Prosecutor Veniamin Selifanov. The Minister for Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan Artem Sidorov also participated in the work of the meeting.

Drills of actions in the event of fire hazard or other emergency situations were held on September 26th at the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstaninvolving personnel of the Ministry. Preventative measures were held at every local department of the Ministry of Ecology in the framework of a held one-month campaign “No to extremism!”.

The “round table” meeting regarding waste management in Russia was held at the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of Russia. Delegation of the Ministry for Nature Protection of the People’s Republic of China, Delegation of the UNIDO (specialized establishment of the UN), Delegation of the UNIDO International Center for Industrial Cooperationin Russia, as well as representatives of executive authorities participated in the event.

The 3rd International Specialized Exposition of ecologically friendly, natural and organic products “EcoCityExpo Autumn 2014” will be held on November 21 – 23, 2014in Moscow.Within three days eco-products of Russian and foreign manufacturers will be presented in four sections:
- “EcoFood”–ecological products and drinks, healthy food, farming products;
- “EcoBeauty”–organic and natural products in the industry of beauty, makeup and fashion;

The meeting of the Anti-corruption Commission will be held on September 29th at the Ministry of Ecology. All in all, there are 6 issues on the agenda, in particular, review of“Anti-corruption monitoring for the first half-year 2014”, review of the results of a sociological study“Study of the opinion of the population of the Republic of Tatarstan on corruption” elaborated by the Committee for social and economic monitoring of the Republic of Tatarstan.

An extended meeting regarding training of experts in the geological field was held at the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of Russia.During the meeting it was acknowledged that at present training of specialists with higher geological education reaches 2-2.5 thousands of people per year. Meanwhile, demand for qualified specialists remains, and primarily the field needs specialists who know the new methods and technologies for studying of geological structure of mineral resources, prospecting and exploration of mineral resources.

Today, the Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan, Artem Sidorov, met with participants of the bike ride devoted to the World campaign “Day without an automobile”.Proponents of the territorial regional department of the partyof the All-Russian Public Organization “Young Guard of United Russia” of the Volga District of Kazan decided not to use company or personal vehicles on that day and rode bicycles instead. Artem Sidorov told about nature protection programs aimed at air improvement in the Republic of Tatarstan and urged