On June 12, in the Kazan Kremlin, the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov had a meeting with the Aide to Russian President Aleksey Dyumin and Adviser to the Russian President Igor Levitin, who arrived in Kazan to take part in the opening ceremony of the international multi-sport tournament «BRICS Sports Games» held in Kazan Expo International Exhibition Centre.
During the meeting, Rustam Minnikhanov handed in the Medal of 100th Anniversary of the TASSR for fruitful cooperation and great contribution to strengthening the socio-economic potential of Tatarstan to Aleksey Dyumin.
BRICS Games will be held in Kazan on June 12-23. As many as 15 facilities in Kazan and 1 facility in Moscow will be involved. In total, 387 sets of medals will be awarded in 27 sports. More than 3.5 thousand athletes and 1.5 thousand officials from 100 countries are expected.