These words were uttered today by the head of the Main Department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia in the Republic of Tatarstan, Lieutenant General of the Internal Service Rafis Khabibullin during the ceremony of honorable send-off. Vladimir Mikhailovich Afanasyev, a leading civil defense specialist of the Department of training of senior staff and Training of the Population of the Ministry of Civil Defense and Emergency Situations of the Republic of Tatarstan, was escorted to retirement.
The senior staff of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Tatarstan and the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia in the Republic of Tatarstan, headed by the head of the Tatarstan Central Board, Lieutenant General of the Internal Service Rafis Khabibullin and Acting Minister for Civil Defense and Emergency Situations of the Republic of Tatarstan Tahir Karimullin, gathered to congratulate their colleague on his well-deserved rest.
During the years of work in the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Tatarstan, Vladimir Mikhailovich had a lot of awards:
the medal "In memory of the 1000th anniversary of Kazan";
the medal "XX years of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia";
commemorative medal of the EMERCOM of Russia "Marshal Vasily Chuikov",
badge of the EMERCOM of Russia "Badge of Honor of the EMERCOM of Russia",
medal "For the promotion of rescue work";
commemorative medal of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia "85 years of Civil Defense"
Thanks to the systematic and purposeful work of Afanasyev V.M. in matters of civil defense, emergency prevention, protection of the population and territories of the republic, the level of integrated security of the Republic of Tatarstan has increased.