Ildar Khalikov opens All-Russia competitions on belt-wrestling
24 February 2012, Friday
VIII open All-Russia tournament on belt-wrestling for the prizes of RF honored coaches A.Shaikhutdinov and M.Sakhabutdinov has started in Vysogorosky region (the Republic of Tatarstan). RT Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov attended a solemn ceremony.
Sportsmen from 11 RF regions and 17 regions of Tatarstan take part in traditional competitions held in sports complex “Biektau”. Wrestlers from Bashkortostan, Vladimir, Mary - El, Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod, Chuvashia will compete at the event.
Speaking at the opening ceremony Ildar Khalikov welcomed all participants and guests of competitions. “Year by year more sportsmen come here to take part in competitions which are very important for us. This sport preserves national culture and Tatar people,” Head of Tatarstan Government said.
Ildar Khalikov reminded that various kinds of sport are developing in republic, but special attention is paid to belt-wrestling. “No wonder than more than 30 thousand people in republic exercise such a bright, beautiful and manly sport,” the PM stated.
He wished all sportsmen do their best and a striking performance for the audience. Ildar Khalikov also granted several awards for efficient work on development of belt-wrestling in Tatarstan.
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.
On 5 February Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin took part in ceremony of awarding winners of the regional competition “The Woman of the Year. The Man of the Year: A Woman’s View” held at the Korston Leisure and Recreation Center in Kazan.
On 4 March at a briefing in the Government House of the republic Tatarstan Minister of Land and Property Relation Fanil Agliullin told about changes in land legislation enforced from 1 March of the current year. He said that they simplify a number of procedures for land plot owners including expanding the possibilities for land use and changing the rules for changing the category of a plot.