(Kazan City
KZN.RU, April 22). Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin and Moscow Region Governor
Andrei Vorobyov arrived in Kazan on an official visit. At the Kazan airport honorary
guests were met by the Mayor Ilsur Metshin and First Deputy Head of the
municipal formation of Kazan Rustam Nigmatullin.
During their
visit to the capital of Tatarstan, Sergey Sobyanin and Andrei Vorobyov will
take part in a meeting of the Presidential Council on Physical Fitness and
Sports, as well as visit a number of infrastructure facilities of the city.
Also today visit
of the Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected, who will chair the
meeting. In the discussion the issues of development of Russian hockey, the
World Hockey Championship in 2016 held in Moscow and the preparation of the
national team for the Winter Olympic Games 2018 in PyeongChang (Republic of
Korea) will be. The meeting will be attended by leaders of the Russian Hockey
Federation, members of the Government, heads of regions, as well as
representatives of the business community. It should be noted that the meeting
of the Presidential Physical Culture and Sport Council is held in Tatastan's
capital for the third time.
On the same
day Russian President will visit the opening ceremony of the European
Championship in judo. In the competition, held from 21 to 24 April in Kazan,
477 athletes from 46 countries will take part.