RT Delegation will take part in solemn ceremony of opening winter Universiade 2011 in Turkey
27 January 2011, Thursday
RT Delegation will take part in solemn ceremony of opening XXV World winter sport student games (winter Universiade 2011).
We remind that winter Universiade 2011 is being held in Erzurum city (Turkey).
Sportsmen from more than 55 countries will take part in competitions by 11 kinds of sport: downhill skiing, biathlon, ski racing, jumping race, curling, hockey, speed skating, short track, ski jumping, snowboard and figure skating. By and large about 3 000 sportsmen will take part in competitions.
260 sportsmen will present Russia at XXV winter Universiade in Erzurum. By words of Head of Russian delegation, President of Russian student sport union, member of FISU executive committee Oleg Matytsin, winter Universiade 2011 is the first rehearsal of Olympic Games - 2014in Sochi.
According to Oleg Matytsin, Russian delegation in Turkey is the most numerous.
We remind that 24 sportsmen present Tatarstan Republic. It was earlier mentioned also that 30 volunteers from Tatarstan would go to Turkish Erzurum. It is meant that within the limits of winter Universiade-2011 they will work as attaches of Russian team.
On 31 March in the Government House of the republic Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister Leyla Fazleeva hold a meeting of the Commission on the Russian language under the Rais of Tatarstan, which considered key issues of supporting and developing Russian language, including new educational initiatives and discussed programmes of popularization of Russian literature and activities to preserve the language heritage.
On 28 March, speaking at a meeting held by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin in the Government House of the republic with participation of the Acting Chairman of the State Council of the republic Marat Akhmetov and all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the regional Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources Azat Ziganshin informed that the regional central cleaning up action will be held in the republic on 25 April and clarified that the location of the national cleanup day will be announced later as the site will be chosen taking into account the opinions of Tatarstan residents.
On 28 March, speaking at a meeting held by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin in the Government House of the republic with participation of the regional and the Acting Chairman of the State Council of the republic Marat Akhmetov and all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the regional Deputy Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing Utilities Sector Damir Shaydullin informed about statistics on the collection of utility bills payments from the population and data on the payment discipline of enterprises and organizations of the republic.
On 27 March, speaking at a ceremonial event dedicated to celebrations of the Day of Russian National Guard held at the Kazan City Hall with participation of the Chief of the Office of the Staff of the Rais of the republic Asgat Safarov, heads of law-enforcement bodies of the republic and veterans and employees of the territorial Directorate of the National Guard, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin said that the Russian National Guard Directorate for the republic Republic of Tatarstan is traditionally acknowledged as one of the best in the country.