Issues of local self-government are discussed in Kazan
Denis Gordijko
(Kazan City
KZN.RU, November 13). Today in Kazan in HTEC "Corston" a plenary
session of the general meeting of members of the All-Russian Congress of
Municipalities is held. The forum is attended by the deputy presidential envoy
in the Volga Federal District Oleg Melnichenko, the President of the Republic
of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov, Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin, representatives
of the Council of Municipalities of the country, members of Congress and other
officials.
The general
meeting of the All-Russian Congress of Municipalities is held in Kazan from 12
to 14 November under the chairmanship of President of All-Russian Congress of
Municipalities, Chairman of the State Duma on the federal structure and the
Local Government Victor Kidyaev.
As the
portal of the Government of the Republic of Tatarstan informs, the agenda of
the meeting includes such important points as changes in the Charter of All-Russian
Congress of Municipalities, adoption of new members (among them - municipalities
of Crimea, Sevastopol and Karelia), the signing of a cooperation agreement with
the All-Russian Council of Local Self-Government. The meeting will also discuss
perspective directions of activities of the Congress.