German Gref: One of the best sport infrastructures in Russia was created in Kazan
15 July 2012, Sunday
Official opening of X All-Russia Sberbankiada was held at the stadium of Tulpar sports complex in Kazan.
President and Board Chairman of JSC Sberbank of Russia German Gref and President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov attended the event.
24 teams 17 of which represent territorial branches of Sberbank and subsidiary banks from Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Belarus, the team of central office of the financial organization, “Volksbank International”, indoor soccer teams “Troika dialog” and “Sberbank leasing” take part in competitions this year.
By and large, two thousand people participate in Sberbankiada-2012. Competitions will last till July 21and held at modern sport venues constructed for Universiade 2013.
Sportsmen will compete in the following kinds of sport: swimming, badminton, tennis, table tennis, Russian lapta, basketball, volleyball, chess, track and field athletics, indoor soccer and billiards.
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.