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 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.
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.