Field hockey team “Dinamo-Kazan” honoured at the Kazan Kremlin

On June 17, Interim President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov, Chief of Staff of Tatarstan President’s Office Asgat Safarov, and Minister of Internal Affairs of the republic Artem Khokhorin took part in solemn ceremony in honour of field hockey team “Dinamo-Kazan” at the Kazan Kremlin.

“Dinamo-Kazan” won Russian CIS Cup for the 12th time. 

Rustam Minnikhanov congratulated the champions and said that development of field hockey in the republic is very important for him. He added that this victory is another contribution to the collection of Tatarstan sportsmen, which makes Kazan a sports capital of Russia.

Minnikhanov thanked sportsmen and coaches for their contribution to development of Russian sport. A letter of commendation of Tatarstan President and a certificate for 5 million roubles were handed over to the team. 

Chief Coach of the team Araik Margaryan thanked leadership of the republic for the attention paid to this sport.