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The III International Research and Practice conference “Modern problems of life safety: present and future” was held in Kazan in the framework of the XIX forum “Safety and communications”. The section “Environmental safety” arranged by the Ministry of Ecology was held in the course of the conference under the chairmanship of the First Deputy Minister for Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan, Rustem Kamalov.

Experts of the Trans-Volga Territorial Department under the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan participated in the meeting of the core group, representativesof the entities of small and medium businesses of Apastovo district. The report on the results of activity of the Trans-Volga Territorial Department for 2013 and the tasks set for 2014 was presented.

Team ski racing competitions were held on March 1 at the premises of the sports complex “Mayak” of Zelenodolsk in the framework of the Spartakiade of state officials of the Republic of Tatarstan. Women ran for 1 km, while men ran for 3 km. All in all, 25 teams consisting of two men and two womenparticipated in the competitions. The team of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan took the 5th place in the overall ranking.

On February 27, inspectors of the Central Territorial Department under the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan conducted a raid to inspect sanitary and ecological state of Pestretsy district. In the course of the raid, the fact of illegal recovery of common mineral resources on the territory of Kulaevskoe rural settlement was elicited. Ten units of special-purpose machinery were operating on site including 9 trucks and 1 excavator. Fellow workers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for Pestretsy district, local police commissioner and authorized representative of the Minors Affairs Department under the Ministry of Internal Affairs for Pestretsy district, an inspector of the Road Patrol Service under the State Road Traffic Safety Inspectorate, a policeman of the patrol-guard service group under the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for Pestretsy district were engaged in on-site collaborative work. The documents of drivers of heavy transporters were checked, two protocols against individuals were drawn up according to article 7.3 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation, part 1 “On the use of mineral resources without a license to the use of mineral resources”. The police department of Pestretsy district is implementing measures on check of the identity of persons participating in this administrative violation. The Ministry of Ecology will estimate the damage inflicted on mineral resources following illegal recovery of common mineral resources.

Today, theMinisterforEcologyandNaturalResourcesoftheRepublicofTatarstan, ArtemSidorov, isparticipatingintheV International Forum “Ecology” that isheld in St. Petersburg in the framework of the project “St. Petersburg is the marine capital of Russia” implemented by the party “United Russia” (Edinaya Rossiya). Theeventisdevotedtodevelopment of the complex of efficient measures aimed at sustainable development of water facilities in Russia.

The XIX Forum “Safety and communications” held today in Kazan on the territory of the expo center “Kazan Fair” is a promising business platform in the Republic of Tatarstan with regard to implementation of projects and equipment in various fields of life safety.

ThemeetingwithheadsofExecutivecommitteesofmunicipalformationsoftheCis-KamaterritorywasheldinNaberezhnyeChelny. Activity of the Cis-Kama Territorial Department and interaction with local authorities were on the agenda of the meeting. In his report, the Head of the Cis-Kama Territorial Department under the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan, Nail Garipov, told about the activity of the territorial departmentin 2013 and its tasks for 2014.

Brainring “National forest is a depositary of nature” was held at the Aznakaevo children’s activity centerin the framework of the accounting week of touristic and history department of the establishment. Thecontestswereheldbetweentwoteams–pupils of ecological associations of theAznakaevo children’s activity center“Kedr” and “Zhivoy mir”.

The meeting of the Anti-corruption Commission under the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan was held at the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan.
The following issues were on the agenda:
1. Review of the results of analysis and systematization of violations and faults revealed by the state financial control authorities in 2012 and Q1 2013.

The final meeting summarizing the results of work for 2013 and setting up tasks for 2014 was held at the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan. Deputy Minister for Ecology and Natural Resources, Chief State Inspector of the Republic of Tatarstan for Nature Protection, Ramil Nizamov, participated in the event. The Head of the Central Territorial Department under the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan, Ilkham Sabirov, reported on the carried out work. He acknowledged a series of main tasks that were fulfilled in 2013, in particular: assurance of implementation of measures in the framework of the Year for Environmental Protection in the Russian Federation and the Year for Ecological Culture and Environmental Protection in the Republic of Tatarstan; provision of appropriate sanitary and ecological state of territories of municipal formations; provision of ecological and sanitary and epidemiological safety during the period of preparation and holding of the World Summer Universiade 2013 in Kazan; exploration of the territory of Admirlteyskaya Sloboda in Kazan to reveal potentially dangerous sources of environment pollution entailing violation of ecological legislation in order to take measures of administrative influence in compliance with the applicable legislation.