(Kazan City
KZN.RU, April 18). Russian Champions and winners of the Champions League of this
season - volleyball players of Kazan "Zenith" - were honored today at
the Kazan Kremlin. The ceremony was held by President of Tatarstan Rustam
Minnikhanov.
Celebration
of the team was also attended by Chairman of RT State Council, President of the
Volleyball Federation of the Republic of Tatarstan Farid Mukhametshin, head of
the Office of the President, Chairman of the Board of CSOs FSO
"Dynamo" of RT Asgat Safarov, Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin, Minister
of Youth and Sport of RT Vladimir Leonov, Assistant to Tatarstan President on
social Affairs Leila Fazleeva and other officials.
Recall,
April 18 in the final match of the Champions League wards of Vladimir Alekno
won a strong-willed victory over Italian "Trentino" with a score of
3: 2. Note that in this season Kazan residents won the Russian championship,
Cup and Supercup of country.
Rustam
Minnikhanov congratulated the members of the team with a convincing success.
"Success in the Champions League has become the crown of the current
sports season", - Government Portal of the Republic quotes the words of
the President of the Republic of Tatarstan. According to the head of Tatarstan,
the success of «Zenith» contributes to the development of volleyball in
Tatarstan. So in the republic of more than 4.5 thousand adolescents and
children are regularly engaged in volleyball in 34 sports schools. Total
volleyball in Tatarstan occupies almost 42 thousand men.