On April 22, at a briefing at Tatarstan Government House, Director General of the Kazan 2013 Executive Directorate Azat Kadyrov said that the Kazan 2013 Executive Directorate will be renamed to the Sports Projects Executive Directorate.

“The decision has been made. Chairman of Supervisory Council of the Kazan 2013 Executive Directorate Vitaly Mutko and Deputy Chairman Supervisory Council of the Kazan 2013 Executive Directorate Rustam Minnikhanov supported it,” Azat Kadyrov said, adding that the Kazan 2013 Executive Directorate continues to work for the present.

“World Aquatics Championship is our key project. We will also deal with international competitions that will be held in our city,” he concluded.