On January 11 Tatarstan Prime-Minister Ildar Khalikov took part in the event dedicated to awarding energy workers, who took part in preparation for holding the Universiade 2013 and providing continuous energy supply during the Games.

To the point, specialists from JSC “Grid company” and a number of other companies from Tatarstan and other Russian regions, federal energy companies provided energy supply during World University Games in Kazan.

Congratulating energy workers, Ildar Khalikov called them his colleagues. “We did a great job together. At the very beginning it was hard to believe that we would be able to do all that job. But the day of opening the Universiade showed that we managed to do everything planned and even more,” Ildar Khalikov noted.

According to Tatartsan Prime Minister Universiade 2013 will go down in the history of Tatarstan as well as the whole country. Ildar Khalikov is sure that it is important to show that we are in position to hold such events, especially on the threshold of the Olympic Games in Sochi.

Head of Tatarstan Government thanked everybody, who took part in providing continuous energy supply during the Universiade, on behalf of Tatarstan President and personally and presented a number of state awards of the Republic of Tatarstan, awarded professional titles and letters of gratitude.