On December 29, in his telegram addressed to President of RT Volleyball Federation Farid Mukhametshin, President of the volleyball club "Zenit-Kazan" Rafkat Kantukov, Head coach of Zenit-Kazan Vladimir Alekno and sportsmen of volleyball club “Zenit-Kazan”, on behalf of all volleyball fans and personally, Rustam Minnikhanov congratulated them on victory in Russia Cup 2014. Having emphasized that Zenit-Kazan ended 15th anniversary  season with triumph, Rustam Minnikhanov thanked them for their victory, strengthening authority of Russian volleyball school, and contribution to sports glory of Tatarstan and wished them strong health, inexhaustible energy, good luck, and new greater achievements.