Ildar Khalikov meets with President and CEO of Euroleague Basketball
7 May 2014, Wednesday
On May 7, Tatarstan Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov met with President and CEO of Euroleague Basketball Jordi Bertomeu at Tatarstan Government House. Chairman of Tatarstan National Bank – President of UNICS Basketball Club Evgeny Bogache, Tatarstan Deputy Minister of Youth Affairs and Sport Khalil Shaikhutdinov took part in the meeting.
Jordi Bertomeu arrived in Kazan to personally attend the final match of the European Cup, the second most important European competition. The game between UNICS Kazan and Spanish Valencia will be held at Basket-hall in Kazan today. After the first match of the final series, which took place in Spain on May 1, UNICS is 13 points behind its opponents and Kazan basketball players should come from behind to win the tournament today.
Ildar Khalikov conveyed the greetings on behalf of Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov to Jordi Bertomeu and invited the honoured guest to visit the main sights and sports venues of Kazan.
“We hope that you will enjoy not only the game, but our city and its places of interest as well,” Ildar Khalikov said addressing Jordi Bertomeu.
Jordi Bertomeu, in his turn, thanked Ildar Khalikov and the regional leadership for warm reception in Kazan.
It is planned that Jordi Bertomeu will visit the Kazan Kremlin, Old Tatar settlement, as well as major sports venues of Kazan, such as the Aquatic Sports Palace, Arena Kazan Stadium, Gymnastics Center, Tennis Academy.
On 15 December, speaking at a meeting of the competition committee of the regional public competition “The Manager of the Year” about its results in 2025, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin said that the list of 155 participants (nominees), who are heads of enterprises and organizations from various industries and sectors of the economy, for the competition was formed based on recommendations from regional ministries and departments, city and district municipalities, employers' associations and the Federation of Trade Unions of the republic.
On 6 December speaking at a regional meeting held by the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov in the Government House of the republic with all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the regional Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing Utilities Sector Marat Ayzatullin reported about progress in implementation of the of multi-apartment houses capital overhaul programme.
On 5 December, congratulating volunteers with the International Volunteers Day, Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister Leyla Fazleeva wrote in her address: “
Your boundless kindness, sincere desire to help others and active civic position deserve special recognition and deep gratitude. There are over 5,000 volunteer associations operating successfully in Tatarstan, with a total membership of over 220,000 caring people of all ages and professions. Every year the contribution of volunteers into public life of the republic becomes more noticeable.
On 4 December Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister Shamil Gafarov, who is the Chief of Staff of the Office of the Cabinet of Ministers of the republic, took part in a strategic session on the establishment of an inter-university campus in the republic being held at the Kazan Aircraft University on 4-6 December with participation of more than 100 people and more than 40 experts in politics, economy, science, education and industry from all over Russia.