High-spirited Putin hosts CIS leaders at ’Games of the Future’; visits aircraft plant in Kazan

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday (February 21) took part in an opening ceremony for ’The games of the future’ in Kazan - a multi-sports phygital (physical digital) tournament that joins classical and cyber-sports. Over 2000 athletes from 107 countries will compete for a total prize fund of $10 million in more that 20 different disciplines, organizers say. Presidents of Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Serbia were amongst the honorary guests of the ceremony. In his address to the participants of the games Putin said that this tournament ’will be free from political conditions, all types of discrimination and double standards’. Phygital sports was officially recognized as a sport in Russia in January 2023. Same day, Putin visited Kazan Aviation Plant during his working trip to Tatarstan Republic. According to the Kremlin, the plant is preparing for production of the Tu-160M, a supersonic, variable-sweep wing heavy strategic bomber and airborne missile platform. Putin examined one of the already produced aircraft and climbed inside to take a close look at the cockpit. __________________ ShanghaiEye focuses on producing top-quality contents. Nobody knows SHANGHAI better than us. Please subscribe to us ☻☻☻ __________________ For more stories, please click ■ What’s up today in Shanghai, the most updated news of the city ■ Amazing Shanghai, exploring the unknown corners of the city, learning the people, food and stories behind them ■ What Chinese people’s lives are like during the post COVID-19 period ■ Views of foreign scholars on China and its affairs ■ Foreign faces in Shanghai, people living in this city sharing their true feelings ■ Mini-docs showing why China is the country it is today __________________ ☎Leave us messages if you have any suggestions or questions! Thank you!