(KZN.RU, May
15, Alsou Safina). Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin today at the Executive
committee meeting announced that he is appointing journalist Vladimir Kazantsev as Head of Press Service of the City Hall.
Ilsur
Metshin noted that the search for new head of the press service had taken
several months. “We approached
the matter seriously. We wanted to find not some official, but, first of all, a professional
journalist who understands specifics of work in mass media. And we wanted this journalist to be versatile, - the Mayor said. - Vladimir Kazantsev meets all these requirements”.
Vladimir
Kazantsev is from Naberezhnye
Chelny and started his career on
television – on Chelny-TV channel; was a head of two
Naberezhnye Chelny newspapers; then he was a deputy
chief editor of the Molodezh Tatarstana (Tatarstan Youth) newspaper. Before he was appointed as Head of Press Service of the City Hall of Kazan
Vladimir Kazantsev worked in Business Online newspaper as a head of news
service and covered the
construction topic and housing
and communal services topic.
“We know him
in action, saw his articles. In the service, which he was headed of, he had a big staff. It speaks
volumes of his professional qualities that he had an ability to direct the news stream as well as difficult talented journalists. We liked his professional approach when the journalist
deeply emerges into
subject, listens to different parties and professionally submits information to
readers,” - said Ilsur
Metshin. “Of course, the surname has played a role,” - the Mayor joked.
Ilsur
Metshin wished the new Head of Press Service the best luck at work. “I hope under the leadership of Vladimir Kazantsev the
press service will timely cover the reliable information
and submit it to the media and citizens,” – he said.
“The offer to become a Head of Press Service was very unexpected for me. But curiosity striked instantly. It is a great luck for a journalist to see how city management machine works, especially such
a huge and promptly developing city. I hope
that this position won't press the journalist out of me. At the same time, it is new system of coordinates
in the relations with colleagues, and the first task I set for myself is to keep them as friendly and open as they were”, - Vladimir Kazantsev commented to the KZN.ru.