Rustam Minnikhanov meets with president of International sambo federation
20 June 2012, Wednesday
President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov has met with President of the International federation of amateur sambo - Deputy of the RF State Duma Vasily Shestakov in Kazan.
The state coach of the Russian sambo team - President of the European sambo federation Sergei Eliseev, president of Sambo Federation of the Republic of Tatarstan Ivan Egorov, deputy minister of youth affairs, sport and tourism Khalil Shaikhutdinov attended the meeting at the RT Government House.
Vasily Shestakov shared his impressions with Rustam Minnikhanov regarding the sport infrastructure he had seen in Kazan. He noted that there are many operating sport complexes in Kazan which are actively used for mass sports.
Head of the International federation of amateur sambo told the RT President about development of this kind of sport in the world and Russia. Current situation and perspectives of sambo in Tatarstan have been discussed at the meeting.
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