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 26 March Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin took part in a meeting of the Council by the Russian Presidential Envoy in the Volga Federal District dedicated to rural demographic policy held by the Russian Presidential Envoy in the District Igor Komarov in Nizhniy Novgorod with participation of heads of federal ministries concerned, representatives of the Federal Assembly and heads of federal entities of the Volga Federal District. The participants of the meeting discussed such topics as the demographic situation, implementation of federal programmes and the best regional practices, and the results of the meeting will be used for preparing comprehensive solutions of such tasks set by Russian President Vladimir Putin as preservation of the population, strengthening health, raising prosperity of people and supporting families.
On 24 March, speaking at a briefing on achievements of preventive medicine last year and plans for 2026 held in the Government House of the republic, representatives of Tatarstan Healthcare Ministry said that medical check-ups are proving their effectiveness in preserving the health and lives of residents of the republic.
Thus the regional Healthcare Minister Almir Abashev informed: “Over the past five years, a clear course has been set to ensure that preventative medicine in the country gains momentum. Starting from 2022 the number of people who should have their medical check-ups in this or that year is growing. We are facing a task of covering more than 70 per cent of elderly people with check-ups by 2030.”
On March 10, the third meeting of the organizing committee on preparation and holding of the 20th anniversary Russian Venture Forum 2026 to be held in Kazan from April 8 to 10, chaired by Russian Minister of Science and Higher Education Valery Falkov and with participation of Tatarstan Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan and co-chair of the forum’s organizing committee Aleksey Pesoshin, President of the Academy of Sciences of Tatarstan Rifkat Minnikhanov, Director of the Investment and Venture Fund of Tatarstan Damir Galiev as well as representatives of federal and regional authorities, development institutions and partner organizations via videoconference, took place.
On 10 March, speaking at a briefing dedicated to the development of the national Max messenger in Tatarstan and held in the Government House of the republic with all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the Minister of Digitalization of Public Administration, Information Technologies and Communication of the republic Ilya Nachvin informed that according to the data of March 2026 about 1.5m residents of Tatarstan use domestic Max messenger.