Tatarstan prepares for holding Championship of Europe on bench shooting
22 January 2010, Friday
Today, Prime minister of Republic Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov has met at the House of RT Government with a delegate of European shooting confederation Petros Kiritsis and executive director of the Shooting union of Russia Anna Leshchikova.
The point was on preparation and holding the Championship of the Europe on bench shooting in Kazan (on June 25th - on July 4th, 2010).
We remind that the technical delegate of the championship of the Europe on bench shooting 2010 from the European shooting Confederation (European Shooting Confederation, ESC) Mr. Petros Kiritsis arrived in capital of Tatarstan in the evening on January, 20th. His visit will be prolonged till January, 25th.
His program includes visiting complex of bench shooting ( Verkhneuslonsky, a mountain-skiing sports complex "Kazan"), survey of some hotels for accommodation of participants of competition, participation in session of working group on preparation for the Championship of the Europe on bench shooting.
During a meeting with RT Prime minister organizational questions of preparation for competition were discussed.
According to Rustam Minnikhanov, preparation for holding in Kazan University games of 2013 pushed the republic to more active actions regarding construction of a new complex of bench shooting, other sports objects.
Prime minister expressed confidence that inspection visit of Mr. Petros Kiritsis within the limits of preparation for the Championship of the Europe on bench shooting would pass successfully.
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The Deputy Prime Minister of the republic Leyla Fazleeva told that names of 353 Heroes of the Soviet Union from Tatarstan “ are immortalized in street names, on memorials, in monuments and squares and, of course, in our memory”. “The Victory Day is the day of memory, mourning and joy. It is the event which today should be clearly understandable to all young people and younger generation of Tatarstan,” she said.
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