Vitaly Mutko: I am sure that the FINA world aquatics championship in Kazan will be held to the highest standard
24 April 2015, Friday
On April 24, speaking at a meeting of the Organizing Committee on preparation and holding of the XVI FINA world aquatics championship in Kazan said that he is sure that the championship will be held to the highest level.
Our task is to organize this sports event at the highest level, Acting Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov said. He noted that first of all it concerns the coordinated work of transport infrastructure, competent work of event managers and many other issues.
Tatarstan has experience of holding mega sports events, he said. The sports infrastructure created for the 2013 Universiade will be in demand during the world aquatics championship.
In his turn Mutko said that a number of major international sports events are planned to be held in Russia up to 2021. But this year's FINA World Championships in Kazan will be the main of them, he added.
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.
On 27 March, speaking at a ceremonial event dedicated to celebrations of the Day of Russian National Guard held at the Kazan City Hall with participation of the Chief of the Office of the Staff of the Rais of the republic Asgat Safarov, heads of law-enforcement bodies of the republic and veterans and employees of the territorial Directorate of the National Guard, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin said that the Russian National Guard Directorate for the republic Republic of Tatarstan is traditionally acknowledged as one of the best in the country.