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 5 May, speaking at a regular meeting held by the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov in the Government House of the republic with participation of the regional Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin and all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing Utilities Sector of the republic Marat Ayzatullin informed that currently 63 school catering units are under repairs with the amount of work completed reaching 15 per cent.
On May 26, speaking at a briefing in the Cabinet of Ministers of the republic held in a videoconference mode with participation of all municipal regions of Tatarstan and focused on events scheduled for June 1, International Children’s Day, as well as the implementation of the “Summer in Tatarstan” programme, Deputy Prime Minister of the republic Leyla Fazleeva appealed that parents should closely supervise their children during recreational activities near water in order to prevent accidents.
On 18 May ay the CIPR conference in Nizhniy Nogorod the Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister Roman Shaykhutdinov, the Rector of the Innopolis University Aleksandr Gasnikpov and the Vice-rector of the University Yevgeny Bobrov will take part at round tables session of the conference.
Experts will discuss the role of Tatarstan and Innopolis as one of the key technological centers of the country and how regional innovative platforms help to solve tasks of the whole Russian industry. A special emphasis will be placed on the digital transformation of the oil and gas sector and how large clusters and scientific and technological centers are becoming drivers of industry change.
On 16 May, speaking at a meeting in the Government House of the republic held by the regional Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin with participation of the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the Minister of Agriculture and Food of the republic Marat Zyabbarov reported that the sowing of spring crops is in full swing in the republic with 1m 38 thousand hectares or 61 per cent of the planned have been sown.