padlocks, which are attached to the railing of a bridge in Tartu, Estonia, should there remember events such as weddings. How Postimees reported , called for the authorities now but to remove the locks. The reason: Rusty padlocks will damage the metal structure. Who has lost the key to his palace, the city sends the worker with metal saws to help. And after the repair work on the bridge in May, the fitting of locks to the railing like be banned altogether.
there since November 2007 in Kazan, a Consulate General of the Islamic Republic of Iran . It is next to the Turkish Consulate General the only representative of a foreign state in the Republic of Tatarstan, a republic of the Russian Federation. The relations between Tatarstan and Iran are analyzed by an article on Rosbalt .
An important area of cooperation between Tatarstan and Iran, the economy, be carried out where mainly in the oil sector joint projects. In addition, the exchange also extends to the areas of culture and religion. It is among the Muslim population of Tatarstan and Iran an important difference: while living in Tatarstan predominantly Sunni Muslims, depends on the majority of believers in Iran, the Shiite direction. Can the interest of Iran to Russia's Muslims for their "Schiitisierung" lead? The historian Damir Ischakow deems impossible. The differences between the cultures are simply too great.
