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Eight medal events took place on the final day of the University Sambo World Cup which was held this weekend at the Ak Bars Wrestling Palace.
The University Sambo World Cup, a test event ahead of the Kazan 2013 Summer Universiade, has come to a close on Sunday, December 2. Eight medal events took place on the final day of the tournament.
A project called New Year Capital has been launched in Russia. Kazan has been chosen as the first such capital, Russian Culture Ministry’s department of tourism and regional policy chief, Sergei Korneev, has said.
After travelling a distance of 4,350 miles during a month-long voyage along the eastern edge of the Pacific Ocean, the bark Sedov with the Universiade Flame aboard arrived at the port of Papeete on Tahiti, the largest island in French Polynesia. The Russian tall ship was moored in a central place near the embankment area designated by the port authority. Despite high heat and streets that are mostly empty in the daytime, crowds of people gathered near the bank Sedov to celebrate the Flame's arrival and to attend a Kazan 2013 exhibition which was opened aboard the ship.
Today, Chairman of the State Duma of Russian Federation Sergei Naryshkin visited the Water Sports Palace during his work trip to Kazan. He was accompanied by the Chairman of the State Council of Tatarstan Farid Mukhametshin.
Nikolay Patrushev and Mikhail Babich arrived in Kazan today’s morning to participate in a joint session dedicated to safety issues (the Kazan City Hall).
Delegation of East Kazakhstan Oblast led by akim Berdybek Saparbaev has arrived in Kazan. The Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov met the guests at the international airport “Kazan”.