Rustam Minnikhanov congratulates volleyball club “Zenit-Kazan” on victory in Russian Championship 2014
1 May 2014, Thursday
Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov congratulated management and sportsmen of volleyball club “Zenit-Kazan”, and Volleyball Federation of the Republic of Tatarstan on victory in Russian Championship 2014.
Rustam Minnikhanov sent a telegram to President of Volleyball Federation of the Republic of Tatarstan Farid Mukhametshin, President of volleyball club “Zenit-Kazan” Rafkat Kantyukov, head coach of “Zenit-Kazan” Vladimir Alekno and sportsmen:
“On behalf of all volleyball fans and personally let me congratulate you on the victory of Kazan team in Russian Championship 2014. The team won the first Final Six Tournament in the history of Russian championships. Sticking together, Kazan sportsmen demonstrated their professional skills, perfect and emotional game. Thank you for your victory, and your contribution to sports glory of Tatarstan and strengthening of authority of Russian volleyball school. I wish you strong health, inexhaustible energy, good luck and new achievements.
Tatarstan President, Rustam Minnikhanov.”
Tatarstan President's Press Office, Elena Britvina
On May 14, Prime Minister of Tajikistan Kokhir Rasulzoda, who arrived on a working visit in Kazan to take part in the events of the XVII International Economic Forum “Russia-the Islamic World: KazanForum”, was met by Prime Minister of the republic Aleksey Pesoshin and other officials at the Kazan International Airport.
On 9 May Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin took part in a ceremony of laying flowers to the monument “The victorious soldier” dedicated to the celebrations of the Day of Victory in the Great Patriotic War (WW II) 1941-1945 and held at Arsk cemetery in Kazan.
On 8 May, speaking at a meeting held by the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov in the Government House of the republic with participation of the Acting Chairman of the State Council of the republic Marat Akhmetov and the regional Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin, the Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing Utilities Sector of the republic Marat Ayzatullin reported that capital overhaul of social facilities is in full swing in the republic with 170 educational facilities having been included into regional and federal programmes.
On 4 May at a briefing held in the Tatarstan Government House it was told that currently there are 92 combat veterans, the last witnesses of the Great Patriotic War (WW II) of 1941-1945, living in the republic. The briefing also informed about veterans’ support measures and how the republic is planning to celebrate the Victory Day on 9 May.
The Deputy Prime Minister of the republic Leyla Fazleeva told that names of 353 Heroes of the Soviet Union from Tatarstan “ are immortalized in street names, on memorials, in monuments and squares and, of course, in our memory”. “The Victory Day is the day of memory, mourning and joy. It is the event which today should be clearly understandable to all young people and younger generation of Tatarstan,” she said.
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