Radik Shaimiev became the new president of the Kazan FC "Rubin". This is reported by the club's press office. Such a decision was made at a meeting of the supervisory board of the club under the chairmanship of the mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin. Shaimiev is the General Director of Nira-Export and is a member of the Board of Directors of TAIF, a private holding company that controls about 96 percent of the chemical, petrochemical and oil and gas processing industries of Tatarstan. In 2003, Shaimiev won the European auto-race championship and became a master of international sports. Earlier on Wednesday it was reported that Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin resigned as president of the "Rubin".
Original article: The name of the new president was named in "Ruby".