Residents of Lisichansk and Rubezhnoye receive 18 tons of tangerines as a gift from Kazan on the eve of the New Year
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From December 25, special fire safety regime has been implemented in Tatarstan
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Ilsur Metshin said: «We are a team united by love for our city»
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Ilsur Metshin to mothers of special children: «Each of you deserves gratitude and admiration»
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Rustam Minnikhanov and Ilsur Metshin look round the new MAZ-303T22 trolleybuses of the third generation
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«There is no finish line in this work»: How are digital technologies being integrated into the work in Kazan
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Construction of a dam has begun on the Novaya Portovaya
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Seventeen public spaces in Kazan will be decorated for the New Year
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Art in the City: an interactive map of art objects has been created in Kazan
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Rustam Minnikhanov and Ilsur Metshin take part in the opening ceremony of the Gorkovskoye Highway after reconstruction
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Gimran Abdullin, a winner of the Science Olimpiad, gave Ilsur Metshin a tour of the Boarding School №2
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Ilsur Metshin and Shamil Tarpishchev awarded the winners of the Russian Tennis Federation President's Cup
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Kazan and Minsk have become twin cities
22nd Winter Olympic Games kick off in Sochi
(KZN.RU, February 7, by Renat Shirmanov). The 22nd Winter Olympic Games have started in Sochi. A unique ceremony was held at the Fischt stadium. The official opening of the Games was announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Russia hosts the Olympics for the second time, the 22nd Summer Olympic Games having been held in Moscow in 1980. The Winter Games are being held in this country for the first time.
The leaders of 50 countries attended the Games opening ceremony. A Tatarstan delegation including Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin is on a working visit to the Olympics capital.
Over 40,000 spectators were present in the Fischt arena, and some three billion people watched the ceremony via a live TV broadcast. A traditional parade of the participating countries was held during the opening ceremony. The standard-bearer of our team was a famous athlete, bronze medalist of the 2010 Olympics, bobsledder Alexander Zubkov.
The strongest athletes from more than 80 countries, who will compete for 98 sets of medals, are participating in the Sochi Olympics.