On July 5, employees of Tatarstan President's and Tatarstan State Counsselor's Administrative Offices have successfully hit the qualifying standards of the All-Russian sports complex “Ready for Labour and Defense” (GTO).
Officials have passed all kinds of tests included in the GTO programme, in particular, press-up, long jump, bending, chin-up, throwing, swimming, running, etc.
The unified 10-day period of GTO started in Russia on May 15. Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin had signed a decree to introduce the All-Russian sports complex "Ready for Labour and Defense" since September 1, 2014 in 12 pilot regions, including Tatarstan.