Rustem Khamitov gave an interview to the radio station «Echo of Moscow»

Ufa was visited by the group of heads of federal mass-media, including members of Editors-In-Chief Club. Among them there were the first assistant of the general director of "ITAR-TASS" agency Michael Kalmykov, the editor-in-chief of "Rossiskaya Gazeta» Vladislav Fronin, the editor-in-chief of the radio station «Echo of Moscow» Alexey Venediktov, the editor-in-chief of «Echo Planety» magazine Elmar Gusejnov, the editor-in-chief of the «Selskaya Zhinsn» newspaper Shamun Kagermanov, assistants of the editor-in-chief of "Novaya Gazeta» Sergey Kozheurov, «Argumenty i Facty» newspaper — Igor Nikiforov and others. At once after returning to Moscow many of them shared the impressions of this trip in their publications. In particular, on the site «Echo of Moscow» a detailed interview of the editor-in-chief of the radio station «Echo of Moscow» Alexey Venediktov with the President of Bashkortostan Rustem Khamitov is published today. The topics of mitigation of consequences of explosions in the arsenal near Urman village in Iglinsky region, ice hockey development in the republic, and, in particular, financing of the Ice Hockey Club «Salavat Yulaev», the suspended construction of the atomic power station in Bashkortostan and power engineering, necessity of studying native languages at school are mentioned in it. You can read the full text of the interview at the following link:

http://echo.msk.ru/programs/beseda/782365-echo/