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 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