Russian Synchronised Swimming Championship started in Kazan
24 April 2013, Wednesday
The Russian Synchronised Swimming Championship opened at the Aquatics Palace on April 24 in Kazan. Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov was present at the opening ceremony.
Tatarstan President welcomed participants of the event and congratulated them on the start of competitions.
Head coach of Russian Synchronised Swimming team, Vice-president of Synchronised Swimming Federation Tatyana Pokrovskaya wished good luck to the sportswomen. 240 synchro swimmers from 15 Russian regions, among them three-time Olympic champion, five-time European champion Svetlana Romashina and new synchro star Svetlana Kolesnichenko, will take part in competitions. They are expected to perform at summer Universiade 2013.
For the first time synchronised swimming was included in the programme of 27th World Summer Universiade 2013 in Kazan.
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.