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 21 April, speaking at a briefing in the Government House of the republic, the Head of the Russian Federal Tax Service for Tatarstan Marat Safiullin said that slightly more than one week is left to file an income tax return for 2025 with the tax service. According to the results of the tax campaign 5.5.bn rubles should come to the regional budget, he said and informed who should submit declarations and who is entitled to benefits.
On 13 April in his congratulatory address on the occasion of the Maecenas and Benefactor Day, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin congratulated residents of the republic with the event and wrote: "Tatarstan has always been known for its generous and kind-hearted people who are ready to help the needy and support important social, cultural and educational projects. We all remember with gratitude the outstanding philanthropists – the Akchurin brothers, the Alafuzovs, and the Ushkovs, whose good deeds and generous donations contributed to the development of culture, education, and healthcare in our republic. The glorious traditions are continued by modern philanthropists and patrons of Tatarstan.
On 12 April in his address to residents of the republic, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin congratulated them with the Space Exploration Day and said: “April 12, 1961 has forever been inscribed into the world history as the day of triumph of the Soviet science and engineering thought. The flight of Yuriy Gagarin opened the way to the stars for the humankind and demonstrated to the whole world the might of our country.
On 4 April , speaking at a closing ceremony of the XX Russian Venture Forum held at the Kazan Expo Exhibition Center, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin said that the Russian Venture Forum has confirmed its status of the point of attraction of technological development leaders.
The Forum created a unified scientific, technological and investment space where scientific ideas are transformed into competitive products, and startups gain access to capital and markets. Its business programme is organically integrated into the regional and federal agenda for achieving technological sovereignty and leadership of Russia, he said.