President of Tatarstan met with delegation of company “IMG sport, entertainment, media”
26 August 2011, Friday
Issues of cooperation of Tatarstan with one of the leading global companies in the sphere of sale and marketing of commercial assets of stadiums – “IMG sport, entertainment, media” have been discussed today at a meeting of the company’s delegation with President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov.
Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin, Minister of youth affairs, sport and tourism Rafis Burganov, Head of Executive office of Universiade Vladimir Leonov, Director of football stadium being under construction Radik Minnakhmetov took part in the event held in House of RT Government. The company “IMG sport, entertainment, media” was presented by Vice-president Diarmuid Krouli, Chief of Moscow office Andrei Daineko and Director of department for competitions and sport federations Sergei Tukmanov.
“IMG sport, entertainment, media” is the leading global company in the sphere of sale and marketing of commercial assets of stadiums and is involved in making business-plans of new sport objects, development of ticket programs, selling sponsor and other commercial rights and advertising spaces. IMG sport, entertainment, media is the partner of London stadium Wembley that has the highest sale level of representative programs in the world.
Rustam Minnikhanov emphasized the importance of efficient use of new sport buildings being constructed in Kazan in connection with preparation for Universiade-2013. President of Tatarstan said that republic is interested in possible cooperation with IMG sport, entertainment, media on the threshold of Universiade-2013, World championships in water sports and football.
On 9 May Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin took part in a ceremony of laying flowers to the monument “The victorious soldier” dedicated to the celebrations of the Day of Victory in the Great Patriotic War (WW II) 1941-1945 and held at Arsk cemetery in Kazan.
On 8 May, speaking at a meeting held by the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov in the Government House of the republic with participation of the Acting Chairman of the State Council of the republic Marat Akhmetov and the regional Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin, the Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing Utilities Sector of the republic Marat Ayzatullin reported that capital overhaul of social facilities is in full swing in the republic with 170 educational facilities having been included into regional and federal programmes.
On 4 May at a briefing held in the Tatarstan Government House it was told that currently there are 92 combat veterans, the last witnesses of the Great Patriotic War (WW II) of 1941-1945, living in the republic. The briefing also informed about veterans’ support measures and how the republic is planning to celebrate the Victory Day on 9 May.
The Deputy Prime Minister of the republic Leyla Fazleeva told that names of 353 Heroes of the Soviet Union from Tatarstan “ are immortalized in street names, on memorials, in monuments and squares and, of course, in our memory”. “The Victory Day is the day of memory, mourning and joy. It is the event which today should be clearly understandable to all young people and younger generation of Tatarstan,” she said.
On 24 April, upon his arrival to the Kazan International Airport, the Defense Minister of China Dong Jun was welcomed by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin, representatives of the General Consulate of China in Kazan and other officials