On September 9, Tatarstan Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov, FINA CEO Cornel Marculescu, and Chairman of FINA Facilities committee Joaquin Pujol discussed preparation for the World Aquatics Championship and World Masters Championship 2015 in Kazan.
Opening the meeting, Ildar Khalikov said that the High Diving Cup was successfully held in Kazan at the beginning of August this year and attracted a numerous audience.
In his turn, Cornel Marculescu said that the High Diving Cup is being widely discussed in different countries and it was a great promotion for Tatarstan.
Ildar Khalikov noted that preparation for the upcoming championship is underway, with regular sessions of the organizing committee being held. Safety issues, interaction with the Ministry of the Interior and Ministry of Emergency Situations were discussed last week.
“We have got all necessary resources to ensure safety of big competitions,” Ildar Khalikov said. Participants of the Aquatics championship will be offered to live in Universiade village to make it easier to provide transport, safety, and catering services.
Participants of the meeting also discussed construction of modern facilities, terms of performance of some preparatory works and other details.
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.
On 24 April, upon his arrival to the Kazan International Airport, the Defense Minister of China Dong Jun was welcomed by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin, representatives of the General Consulate of China in Kazan and other officials
On 24 April in the Government House of the republic, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin held a joint meeting the Council for Enforcement of Legislation of Languages of Tatarstan and the organizational committee for celebrations of the 140th birthday of Gabdulla Tukay which summarized results of work of the regional law enforcement on official languages of the republic and considered progress of the implementation of the plan of main events for preparation and celebration of the 140th birthday of Gabdulla Tukay .