Volleyball teams “Dinamo-Kazan” and “Zenit-Kazan” honoured at Kazan Kremlin
4 May 2015, Monday
On May 4, at the Kazan Kremlin Acting Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov took part in a solemn ceremony in honour of champions of Russia 2015 volleyball teams “Dinamo-Kazan” and “Zenit-Kazan”. Rustam Minnikhanov welcomed the teams and said that their victories have made a forthcoming Victory Day brighter.
“I am so happy to meet you on the threshold of the most important day – Victory Day. The teams have met our expectations. Luck is important, but work and aspiration are even more important,” Minnikhanov said. He added that managers, teams, and sponsors make up a big family and the whole country is proud of achievements of Kazan volleyball teams. Tatarstan has proved again that it is the center of volleyball in Russian Federation, Minnikhanov said.
The awards and certificates for 5 million roubles were handed over to the teams later on.
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.