Vladimir Puchkov: All Russian regions, which will host matches of the FIFA Confederations Cup in 2017, have done a lot of preparatory work

On April 18, giving an interview to journalists at the Kazan Arena Stadium, Minister of Civil Defence, Emergencies and Disaster Relief of the Russian Federation Vladimir Puchkov said that all Russian regions, which will host matches of the FIFA Confederations Cup in 2017, have done a lot of preparatory work, and almost all the facilities, where matches will be held, and the entire infrastructure are prepared.

According to him, “there are some problematic issues that are under special control”.

In general, according to Puchkov, "great steps have been taken to prepare the entire anti-crisis management system, space monitoring is functioning, and firefighting and other units that will ensure security at all events during the FIFA Confederations Cup are prepared and additionally equipped."

"Today, in Tatarstan, together with the leadership of the republic, we summed up preliminary results and outlined main priority tasks for the next 60 days," he said.

In his turn, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov said that the region has great experience in holding large-scale sports events. "We have experience. We held the World Summer Universiade in 2013, World Aquatics Championships in 2015. But the FIFA's requirements are very strict. As Vladimir Puchkov has already said, today everyone knows what and how to do, we have two months left. There is no doubt that all the forces, means, personnel will be ready to fulfill the tasks assigned to them," Minnikhanov said.