World ice hockey legends and Ak Bars veterans play a match in Kazan
23 September 2014, Tuesday
On September 23, Ice Hockey Legends charity game was held between The World Ice Hockey Stars and The Ice Hockey Veterans at the Palace of Sports in Kazan. Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, Tatarstan Minister of Economy Midkhat Shagiakhmetov, former Ak Bars Kazan team players, who now play as amateurs, and others took part in the match as part of a team of veterans.
Russian and world ice hockey stars of the past, including Scott McPherson, Aleksey Yashin and Andrei Kovalenko, arrived in Kazan to participate in the charity ice-hockey match.
Before the match, a video message from legendary Canadian ice hockey player Phil Esposito, who was not able to come to Kazan, was demonstrated to the audience and ice hockey players.
The match ended in a draw with a final score of 5:5. The post-game penalty shots allowed The World Ice Hockey Stars to win the game.
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.
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