On August 14, at the Kazan Sports Palace Interim President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov took part in a charity ice hockey match "From a Pure Heart" between Aleksey Morozov’s and Ilya Kovalchuk’s teams.

These charity matches under the "From a Pure Heart" campaign has become a good tradition. They have been held in different Russian cities for the past few years. This year's campaign has taken place for the sixth time. Kazan is the only city that has hosted a charity match for the second time.

Aleksey Morozov, Alexander Ovechkin, Ilya Kovalchuk and other famous players as well as old stagers of the national hockey, member of the Russian Government, heads f Russian regions took part in today’s match.