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 May 26, speaking at a briefing in the Cabinet of Ministers of the republic held in a videoconference mode with participation of all municipal regions of Tatarstan and focused on events scheduled for June 1, International Children’s Day, as well as the implementation of the “Summer in Tatarstan” programme, Deputy Prime Minister of the republic Leyla Fazleeva appealed that parents should closely supervise their children during recreational activities near water in order to prevent accidents.
On 18 May ay the CIPR conference in Nizhniy Nogorod the Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister Roman Shaykhutdinov, the Rector of the Innopolis University Aleksandr Gasnikpov and the Vice-rector of the University Yevgeny Bobrov will take part at round tables session of the conference.
Experts will discuss the role of Tatarstan and Innopolis as one of the key technological centers of the country and how regional innovative platforms help to solve tasks of the whole Russian industry. A special emphasis will be placed on the digital transformation of the oil and gas sector and how large clusters and scientific and technological centers are becoming drivers of industry change.
On 16 May, speaking at a meeting in the Government House of the republic held by the regional Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin with participation of the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the Minister of Agriculture and Food of the republic Marat Zyabbarov reported that the sowing of spring crops is in full swing in the republic with 1m 38 thousand hectares or 61 per cent of the planned have been sown.
On May 14, on the sidelines of the XVII International Economic Forum “Russia-the Islamic World: KazanForum”, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin and Head of the Federal Service for Accreditation Dmitry Volvach signed an agreement on interaction and cooperation in the development of the halal industry.