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 31 March in the Government House of the republic Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister Leyla Fazleeva hold a meeting of the Commission on the Russian language under the Rais of Tatarstan, which considered key issues of supporting and developing Russian language, including new educational initiatives and discussed programmes of popularization of Russian literature and activities to preserve the language heritage.
On 28 March, speaking at a meeting held by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin in the Government House of the republic with participation of the Acting Chairman of the State Council of the republic Marat Akhmetov and all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the regional Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources Azat Ziganshin informed that the regional central cleaning up action will be held in the republic on 25 April and clarified that the location of the national cleanup day will be announced later as the site will be chosen taking into account the opinions of Tatarstan residents.
On 28 March, speaking at a meeting held by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin in the Government House of the republic with participation of the regional and the Acting Chairman of the State Council of the republic Marat Akhmetov and all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the regional Deputy Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing Utilities Sector Damir Shaydullin informed about statistics on the collection of utility bills payments from the population and data on the payment discipline of enterprises and organizations of the republic.
On 27 March, speaking at a ceremonial event dedicated to celebrations of the Day of Russian National Guard held at the Kazan City Hall with participation of the Chief of the Office of the Staff of the Rais of the republic Asgat Safarov, heads of law-enforcement bodies of the republic and veterans and employees of the territorial Directorate of the National Guard, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin said that the Russian National Guard Directorate for the republic Republic of Tatarstan is traditionally acknowledged as one of the best in the country.