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 1 April Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin and Russian Minister of Healthcare Mikhail Murashko introduced Ayrat Farrakhov, who was appointed the Acting Rector of Kazan State Medical University (KSMU) to its staff.
In his speech Mikhail Murashko emphasized that today KSMU is rightfully considered one of the most respected in the country and said:”Ayrat (Zakievich) has been officially appointed the Acting Rector and I am sure that under his leadership the University will maintain the positions it has achieved and, of course, will continue its development.”
On 31 March in the Government House of the republic Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister Leyla Fazleeva hold a meeting of the Commission on the Russian language under the Rais of Tatarstan, which considered key issues of supporting and developing Russian language, including new educational initiatives and discussed programmes of popularization of Russian literature and activities to preserve the language heritage.
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.