Rustam Minnikhanov visits Coca-Cola park “V dvizhenii” in Kazan
22 September 2014, Monday
On September 22, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov accompanied by Tatarstan Minister of Sport Vladimir Leonov and Head of Kazan Executive committee Denis Kalinkin visited Coca-Cola park “V dvizhenii” in Kazan.
«Coca-Cola Hellenic» Director General Stefanos Vafidis told Rustam Minnikhanov about the park that opened for the first time during the Olympic Games in Sochi. Kazan is the first city of a 4-year tour around Russian big cities.
Rustam Minnikhanov talked to young Kazan residents, who were playing sports and took pictures with them.
In the first pavilion, Rustam Minnikhanov was told about the history of Coca-Cola company and its sports activities, and shown some exhibits connected with Kazan Universiade and Olympic Games in Sochi, such as the Olympic Torch.
In the second pavilion the Olympic champion Aleksey Nemov presented interactive composition about doing sports at home. The guests also saw trainers simulating running, skating, skiing and swimming.
Coca-Cola park “V dvizhenii” will be open till September 28.
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.
On May 14, Prime Minister of Tajikistan Kokhir Rasulzoda, who arrived on a working visit in Kazan to take part in the events of the XVII International Economic Forum “Russia-the Islamic World: KazanForum”, was met by Prime Minister of the republic Aleksey Pesoshin and other officials at the Kazan International Airport.
On 9 May Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin took part in a ceremony of laying flowers to the monument “The victorious soldier” dedicated to the celebrations of the Day of Victory in the Great Patriotic War (WW II) 1941-1945 and held at Arsk cemetery in Kazan.