Six Universiade venues have been opened in Kazan

December 21 saw the ceremony of closing of the Year of Sport and Healthy Lifestyle in Tatarstan and opening of six Universiade-2013 venues taking place at the Single Combat Palace. The event was attended by Igor Shuvalov, the Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation, and Mintimer Shaimiev, the President of Tatarstan.

The six new sport venues are the Tulpar multi-purpose sport complex, the Ak Bure sport complex with a swimming-pool, the Itil sport complex, the Vatan sport complex, the Triumph sport complex and the Forward sport complex.

Among other participants of the event were Martin Shakkum, the Chairman of RF State Duma Committee on Construction and Land Use, Konstantin Korolevsky, the Deputy Director of the Department of Industry and Infrastructure of the RF Government, and Konstantin Tsitsin, the Director General of the State Corporation - the Foundation for Facilitating the Housing and Municipal Reform.

Later on, Igor Shuvalov, Mintimer Shaimiev and Konstantin Tsitsin took pat in the meeting of the RT Cabinet of Ministers on implementation of the Law of the Russian Federation of June 21, 2007 №158-ФЗ ‘On the Foundation for Facilitating the Housing and Municipal Reform’ and the nation-wide project ‘Affordable and comfortable housing to Russian citizens’ and tasks for 2010.