Head of RF Ministry of sport Vitaly Mutko: Summer Universiade in Kazan will favor development of the whole student sport in the country
21 September 2011, Wednesday
Debriefing with participation of representatives of People’s Republic of China involved in preparation and holding summer Universiade - 2011 and Shenzhen will be held on October, 21-22 in Kazan. It will help specialists from Tatarstan to examine experience of colleagues, make use of methods and tools in terms of organization and holding World student sport games 2013 in Kazan.
Such information was given by Director general of ANO “Executive office of XXVII World summer universiade 2013 in Kazan” Vladimir Leonov at a session of interdepartmental working group on coordination and control for activity of federal executive authorities, executive authorities of RF subjects, local authorities in connection with preparation and holding summer Universiade 2013.
The session was held in format of video conference between Moscow and Kazan. The Kazan Kremlin was the place for holding video conference in Kazan, in Moscow the session took place at RF Ministry of sport, tourism and youth policy.
RT President Rustam Minnikhanov, Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin, RT Minister of youth affairs, sport and tourism Rafis Burganov, RT Minister of construction, architecture and housing Irek Faizullinm Chief of Tatarstan customs Albert Mavlikov took part in the event.
The event was held by RF Ministry of sport, tourism and youth policy Vitaly Mutko.
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