Rustam Minnikhanov congratulates volleyball players of Dinamo-Kazan team on victory in the Champions League
17 March 2014, Monday
On March 17 Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov met with members of volleyball club Dinamo-Kazan, winners of the Champions League 2013/2014.
“It is a great privilege for me to honour the best team in Europe. Last time we had such a success in 1995. You were heading for this victory for many years and you managed to make your dream come true! Due to such outstanding victories of our athletes we can say that Russia is a powerful country!” Rustam Minnikhanov said.
He continued that victory in the Champions League is the result of hard work of the team, coach, federation and sponsors.
Letters of gratitude of Tatarstan President and prizes were presented to Chief coach Rishat Gilyazutdinov, head of the team Maria Borodakova and team memebrs Ekaterina Gamova.
The title “Honoured worker of physical culture of the Republic of Tatarstan” was given to team members Regina Moroz, Ekaterina Ulanova, Evgeniya Startseva, Irina Voronkova, Jordan Larson, Maria Popova, Daria Rossomakhina, Irina Malkova, Antonella Del Core, Anna Melnikova, and senior coach Denis Matveev. The title “Honoured doctor of the Republic of Tatarstan” was given to team’s doctor Pavel Klimovsky.
Letter of gratitude of Tatarstan President and certificate for 5 million roubles for purchasing sports equipment and outfit was presented to the team.
Chief coach Rishat Gilyazutdinov thanked city and regional leaders for support.
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.
On 26 March Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin took part in a meeting of the Council by the Russian Presidential Envoy in the Volga Federal District dedicated to rural demographic policy held by the Russian Presidential Envoy in the District Igor Komarov in Nizhniy Novgorod with participation of heads of federal ministries concerned, representatives of the Federal Assembly and heads of federal entities of the Volga Federal District. The participants of the meeting discussed such topics as the demographic situation, implementation of federal programmes and the best regional practices, and the results of the meeting will be used for preparing comprehensive solutions of such tasks set by Russian President Vladimir Putin as preservation of the population, strengthening health, raising prosperity of people and supporting families.