December 25, 2008

The Okrug Governor’s press-service informs:

The President of  the Russian Tennis Federation Shamil Tarpischev expressed gratitude to Governor of Ugra Alexander Filipenko for successful holding the All-Russia Tennis Championships in Khanty-Mansiysk.

"Opening of the wonderful, unique for Russia Tennis Center in Khanty-Mansiysk has become a great event in the sports life not just of your region but also of all Russian tennis community. I am deeply impressed by traditional Siberian hospitality and lively human attention the guests and participants of the Championships were surrounded by. Ugra has become one of the rapidly-developing tennis regions of Russia. I am confident that the Tennis Center in Khanty-Mansiysk will become another great center for professionals and amateur of tennis and will give an additional impulse to tennis development in the Autonomous Okrug. Tennis is always where it is waited for and loved. Therefore I am convinced that our joint efforts in the development of this wonderful kind of sport will be awarded with new victories of new champions".

The official opening ceremony of the new facility which does not have analogues in Russia regarding size and capacity, was held on September 25 in the frames of the All-Russia Tennis Championships.

December 25, 2008

The Okrug Governor’s press-service informs:

Today in the morning Governor of Ugra, member of the Presidium of the State Council  Alexander Filipenko left for Moscow to participate in the joint meeting of the Security Council and State Council of the Russian Federation.

It will be chaired by President of Russia Dmitri Medvedev at the Georgievski Hall of the Great Kremlin Palace. The agenda includes the issue "On Policy of the Russian Federation on the space of the Commonwealth of Independent States".

In the evening at the Andreevski Hall of the Kremlin it will be hosted the reception oh behalf of the head of the State where Governor and with his wife are invited to.

Today President will  give a certificate of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug Governor to Alexander Filipenko.

December 25, 2008

The Okrug Governor’s press-service informs:

The dance group "Caucasus" from Nizhnevartovsk won the first prize at the II International Festival of Children’s and Youth’s National Art "Rodniki", held in December in Saint Petersburg. This year 46 groups from 15 countries of the world participated in the Festival.

The head of the  Dagestan Republic office in St.Petersburg  Gasan Gasanov congratulated Alexander Filipenko upon this victory of the dance group and said: "it is a  result of support by the leaders of the Autonomous Okrug to multinational culture of the peoples living in Ugra".