On 21 January at their meeting in the Government House of the republic, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov and Russian Minister of Sports Oleg Matytsin discussed questions of preparing and holding a number of international sports competitions in Kazan and further steps in development of popular sports in the region.
They also touched important topics related tо the spheres which the Russian Ministry is responsible for.
Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin, Minister of Sports of the republic Vladimir Leonov and the Rector of Volga Academy of Sports, Physical Culture and Tourism Rafis Burganov also took part in the meeting.