Chairman of the Group of strategic vision "Russia - Islamic world", President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov spoke about how he met Russian President Vladimir Putin in an interview with the chief editors of the leading media of the Republic.
This happened when Putin was the head of the Federal security service (FSB) between July 1998 and August 1999. At that time, Rustam Minnikhanov was the Prime Minister of Tatarstan.
- Well, he is a very open person. He told how they reconstructed a mosque in St. Petersburg, - the Chairman of GSV says. — Such an interesting point, although he headed the FSB.
Vladimir Putin personally asked Rustam Minnikhanov to head the Group of strategic vision "Russia - Islamic world".
GSV "Russia - Islamic World"
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