A videoconference devoted to the celebration of the 70-th Anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War has been held today in the cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Tatarstan. The Deputy prime minister Vasil Schaikhraziev and Deputy Minister of Labour, Employment and Social Protection Yuliya Abdreyeva were among the speakers.
Yuliya Abdreyeva in her speech pointed out that there were 76 839 veterans of war and workers of the home front living in Tatarstan as of today. Since 2006 there had been 18 743 war veterans and widows of war veterans on the waiting list for housing improvement in the Republic of Tatarstan.