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 March 10, the third meeting of the organizing committee on preparation and holding of the 20th anniversary Russian Venture Forum 2026 to be held in Kazan from April 8 to 10, chaired by Russian Minister of Science and Higher Education Valery Falkov and with participation of Tatarstan Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan and co-chair of the forum’s organizing committee Aleksey Pesoshin, President of the Academy of Sciences of Tatarstan Rifkat Minnikhanov, Director of the Investment and Venture Fund of Tatarstan Damir Galiev as well as representatives of federal and regional authorities, development institutions and partner organizations via videoconference, took place.
On 10 March, speaking at a briefing dedicated to the development of the national Max messenger in Tatarstan and held in the Government House of the republic with all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the Minister of Digitalization of Public Administration, Information Technologies and Communication of the republic Ilya Nachvin informed that according to the data of March 2026 about 1.5m residents of Tatarstan use domestic Max messenger.
On 5 February Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin took part in ceremony of awarding winners of the regional competition “The Woman of the Year. The Man of the Year: A Woman’s View” held at the Korston Leisure and Recreation Center in Kazan.
On 4 March at a briefing in the Government House of the republic Tatarstan Minister of Land and Property Relation Fanil Agliullin told about changes in land legislation enforced from 1 March of the current year. He said that they simplify a number of procedures for land plot owners including expanding the possibilities for land use and changing the rules for changing the category of a plot.