Putin in Kazan, Tatarstan for Games of Future and Many Other Activities

Putin went to Tatarstan to accomplish several things. One was to preside over the opening ceremony of the Games of Future International Tournament where 104 nations sent players, a second was to visit the S.P. Gorbunov Kazan Aviation Plant where he inspected new Tu-160M aircraft. The next day Putin found time to participate in a training flight.

Putin also was able to meet with many regional leaders who were in Kazan for the opening of the Games. There was also the Ceremony to open medical facilities and the start of construction of the Center for Scientific Research and Technology Scaling in Kazan. After his plane ride, Putin met with the heads of logistics automobile companies and truck drivers in Kazan for another interesting discussion related to their occupational industry. Putin then traveled to Tsivilsk to meet with the President of the Chuvash Republic and discuss its socio-economic development. But before that meeting, Putin visited the village of Ryndino and inspected the work of the renovated paramedic and obstetric station. Modernization of the FAP made it possible to improve the quality of primary health care for residents of Ryndino and Novaya Derevnya with a population of more than 740 people. In Tsivilsk, Putin visited the Cultural Development Center, which is where the top photo with the very interesting map is displayed. Then Putin experienced one of his two greetings by the locals.

That’s fourteen events over two days, yes some being brief like his sideline meetings with heads-of-state, while some are both exhilarating and energy sapping at the same time, intermixed with governance Putin-style.

Most readers will be aware of the incredible levels of discrimination Russian athletes have suffered which in its way is a Nazi-like manifestation. Realizing that treatment isn’t going to abate anytime soon along with the total discrediting of the Interntional Olympic Committee and other sports organizations, Russia along with other like-minded nations have begun to hold alternative sporting events. The Games of the Future being held in Kazan is the first of several planned by Russia. Here’s the Kremlin’s description:

Games of the Future – competitions in a digital format that combines classical and digital sports. The tournament program includes 21 disciplines in five areas: sports, tactics, strategy, technology, speed. More than two thousand athletes from more than a hundred countries will take part in the competition.

That’s no slouchy event! It introduces to the wider world Phygital—physical digital—sports. Here’s President Putin to open the show:

President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Dear tournament participants, Distinguished foreign guests and heads of delegations, Ladies and gentlemen, Friends!

Glad to welcome pioneers of phygital sport in Russia – a completely new, innovative format, which determined the very name of the upcoming competition: it is truly the games of the future.

Weaving traditions and modernity, the harmony of physical perfection and high intellect, unity of sport and technology, education and science. All It is necessary for a person to develop comprehensively and succeed in our country; an era of rapid change, in which a multifaceted, multipolar, free and competitive world is taking shape before our eyes.

It is natural that the idea of combining classic and esports was born in Russia.

Our country has been and remains one of the leading sports powers on the planet, the homeland of great athletes, victories and records. We have always been in favor of promotion sport and its high humanistic values.

Games of the Future is ours: A gift to the global sports family.

But Russia is also the land of great scientists, designers, and engineers. Their achievements opened up new horizons of knowledge to humanity. And today our research teams and companies are reaching the top in digital technologies and the application of artificial intelligence, areas that are at the forefront of progress.

And, of course, from time immemorial, for centuries, Russia has been famous for its generosity and hospitality, always ready to welcome friends, to arrange a big, colorful holiday for them, Including a sports festival.

We are proud of the highest level of organization of the brightest, large-scale international sports competitions, and many of them took place here, in Kazan.

This city, like the rest of the Tatarstan fully corresponds to the content and spirit of the Games of the Future. Original, multinational, rich in cultures of different peoples, it sacredly preserves the heritage of its ancestors and at the same time is always open to new things, boldly undertakes for the most complex, innovative projects and brilliantly executes them.

The sports sector is one. Here are some examples. Created in Tatarstan for the World Championships, Sports complexes and arenas are in high demand by people of all ages, serve mass sports, the development of which in Russia is given great attention. This is one of our state priorities.

I'm sure of the most popular, nationwide types of active leisure of Russian citizens Phygital sports will definitely be included. Relevant, spectacular, dynamic, it is able to inspire interest in physical culture and a healthy lifestyle People of all generations and, of course, children and young people.

This is special for us the value of the Games of the Future – on a par, of course, with the affirmation of the main, fundamental principles of sport: the solidarity of countries and peoples, peace, equality of all athletes and honest, uncompromising struggle.

"Games of the Future" is freedom from the political situation, any kind of discrimination and double Standards. I am sure that genuine sport will reign at the venues of the Games.

Virtuoso craftsmanship. Two thousand athletes will have to show perseverance and the will to win from more than a hundred countries around the world. And there is no doubt that the competitions of the best of the best will become an exceptionally exciting event, conquer the hearts of the audience and will reveal new bright stars to us.

International Tournament In the concept of phygital for the modern annals of world sports – The story is unique. And that story starts right here, right now, in Russia.

Good luck!

Putin’s become quite the Showman. Lots of energy in he arena as the photos show as does the 9.5 minute video, which ends with the speeches given by the visiting heads-of-state. There’re other choices to fill the above space, but this seemed to be the most uplifting while also being educational—more of how Russians see themselves was revealed along with how they honor sport. And the read wasn’t as long. To learn more and follow the Future Games in English click the link.

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