The Tatarstan Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov has met with FINA President Julio Cesar Maglione and CEO Cornel Marculescu. Tatarstan’s Minister of youth affairs, sport and tourism Rafis Burganov and Chief of Universiade Executive Office Vladimir Leonov were present at the meeting.
Julio Cesar Maglione and Cornel Marculescu visited Kazan in the run-up to the World FINA aquatics convention (Moscow, October 29 – November 1). FINA President and CEO arrived in the capital of Tatarstan to estimate readiness of the city for the World Aquatics Championship 2015. They have already looked around the thousand-year city, visited sports venues, hotels, and estimated transport infrastructure.
At the meeting at the Tatarstan Government House Ildar Khalikov welcomed guests saying he was sure that their visit would be useful and informative.
The PM also informed that preparation for Universiade 2013 was coming to an end. All sport and transport objects will be finished the year before the World Aquatics Championship. It will surely enable holding competitions at high level.
On 12 January, congratulating employees of the prosecutor’s office with their professional holiday - Day of the employee of the Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation- Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin wrote in his address:
“For more than three centuries the prosecutor's office has been the guardian of state and public security as well as constitutional rights and freedoms of citizens of our country.
On 10 January, speaking at a meeting held by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin in the Government House of the republic with all municipality regions taking part in it via videoconference, the regional Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing Utilities Sector Marat Ayzatutllin informed that in the current year the Ministry will take part in implementation of five national projects and three state programmes with planned construction and capital overhaul of 172 facilities for the total sum of 17bn rubles.
On 10 January, speaking at a meeting held by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin in the Government House of the republic with all municipality regions taking part in it via videoconference, the regional Minister of Agriculture and Food Marat Zyabbarov informed that it is expected to achieve a comparable growth of produce of 1.5%, including that in food production - at least 2.6% in the agricultural sector.
On 4 January Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin, who is the First Deputy Chairman of the Commission of prevention and elimination of emergency situation and ensuring fire safety of the republic, has taken a decision to put into operation the “Buran” (Snow storm) plan in Tatarstan starting from 2 pm on 4 January until the consequences of adverse meteorological events are eliminated by ministries, departments and organizations which ensure the smooth movement of road and rail transport in winter.