BRICS Friendship Cities and Local Government Cooperation Forum. Day two

Kazan Mayor Ilsur Metshin before the BRICS Friendship Cities and Local Government Cooperation Forum

Radik Vakhitov, Russian Foreign Ministry Representative in Kazan, takes part in the BRICS Friendship Cities and Local Government Cooperation Forum

Mayor of Cheboksary Oleg Kortunov takes part in the BRICS Friendship Cities and Local Government Cooperation Forum

Alexander Umnikov, Acting Head of the Nizhnekamsk Municipal District, takes part in the BRICS Friendship Cities and Local Government Cooperation Forum

Acting Mayor of Cheboksary Vladimir Filippov takes part in the BRICS Friendship Cities and Local Government Cooperation Forum

Izhevsk Mayor Oleg Bekmemetyev takes part in the BRICS Friendship Cities and Local Government Cooperation Forum

Yelena Kovalyova, Mayor of Kirov and Chair of the Kirov City Duma, at the BRICS Friendship Cities and Local Government Cooperation Forum

Yevgenia Lodvigova, Kazan Deputy Mayor, before the BRICS Friendship Cities and Local Government Cooperation Forum

From left: Rustam Nigmatullin, First Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan, Kazan Mayor Ilsur Metshin and Yevgenia Lodvigova, Kazan Deputy Mayor, take part in the BRICS Friendship Cities and Local Government Cooperation Forum

Participants in the BRICS Friendship Cities and Local Government Cooperation Forum

Kazan Mayor Ilsur Metshin speaks at the BRICS Friendship Cities and Local Government Cooperation Forum

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov greets the participants in the BRICS Friendship Cities and Local Government Cooperation Forum, via videoconference

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov greets the participants in the BRICS Friendship Cities and Local Government Cooperation Forum, via videoconference

Kazan Mayor Ilsur Metshin attends the BRICS Friendship Cities and Local Government Cooperation Forum.

First Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Nigmatullin addresses the BRICS Friendship Cities and Local Government Cooperation Forum.

Izhevsk Mayor Oleg Bekmemetyev attends the BRICS Friendship Cities and Local Government Cooperation Forum

Rector of the Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Alexander Yakovenko addresses the BRICS Friendship Cities and Local Government Cooperation Forum held via videoconference.

Participants in the BRICS Friendship Cities and Local Government Cooperation Forum

Journalist watch online streaming of the BRICS Friendship Cities and Local Government Cooperation Forum.

Flags in the hall, the venue of the BRICS Friendship Cities and Local Government Cooperation Forum.

Flags in the hall, the venue of the BRICS Friendship Cities and Local Government Cooperation Forum.

A screen featuring participants in the BRICS Friendship Cities and Local Government Cooperation Forum held via videoconference.

Izhevsk Mayor Oleg Bekmemetyev attends the BRICS Friendship Cities and Local Government Cooperation Forum

A screen featuring participants in the BRICS Friendship Cities and Local Government Cooperation Forum held via videoconference.

Antonio Fernando Cruz de Mello, Head of the International Relations Department at Rio de Janeiro City Hall (Brazil), addresses the BRICS Friendship Cities and Local Government Cooperation Forum held via videoconference.

Deputy Mayor of Kazan Yevgenia Lodvogova attends the BRICS Friendship Cities and Local Government Cooperation Forum held via videoconference.

Bernadia Irawati, Secretary General of the Asia Pacific Section of the United Cities and Local Governments World Organisation, addresses the BRICS Friendship Cities and Local Government Cooperation Forum held via videoconference.

A screen featuring participants in the BRICS Friendship Cities and Local Government Cooperation Forum held via videoconference.

Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar (India) addresses the BRICS Friendship Cities and Local Government Cooperation Forum held via videoconference.

Participants in the BRICS Friendship Cities and Local Government Cooperation Forum

First Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Nigmatullin, left, and Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin atend the BRICS Friendship Cities and Local Government Cooperation Forum.

Consul General of the People’s Republic of China in Kazan Wu Yingqin addresses the BRICS Friendship Cities and Local Government Cooperation Forum held via videoconference.

Vice President of the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries Li Xikui addresses the BRICS Friendship Cities and Local Government Cooperation Forum held via videoconference.

A screen featuring participants in the BRICS Friendship Cities and Local Government Cooperation Forum held via videoconference.

Viktor Demidov, Chief Federal Inspector int he Republic of Tatarstan, addresses the BRICS Friendship Cities and Local Government Cooperation Forum.

Kazan Mayor Ilsur Metshin attends the BRICS Friendship Cities and Local Government Cooperation Forum.

Wuhan Vice Mayor Xu Honglan (China) addresses the BRICS Friendship Cities and Local Government Cooperation Forum held via videoconference.

United Cities and Local Governments Secretary General Emilia Saiz addresses the BRICS Friendship Cities and Local Government Cooperation Forum held via videoconference.

Kazan Mayor Ilsur Metshin speaks at the BRICS Friendship Cities and Local Government Cooperation Forum

From left: Rustam Nigmatullin, First Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan, Kazan Mayor Ilsur Metshin and Yevgenia Lodvigova, Kazan Deputy Mayor, take part in the BRICS Friendship Cities and Local Government Cooperation Forum.

Executive director of the Association of the Volga Region Cities Vladimir Reprintsev, left, and Kazan Mayor Ilsur Metshin attend the BRICS Friendship Cities and Local Government Cooperation Forum.

BRICS Friendship Cities and Local Government Cooperation Forum, from left: Mayor of Cheboksary Oleg Kortunov, Chir of the Ulyanovsk City electoral board Vadim Andreyev, Acting Head of the Administration of the city of Cheboksary Vladimir Filippov, Mayor of Izhevsk Oleg Belmemetyev, Mayor of Kirov and Speaker of the Kirov city legislature Yelana Kovaleva, Speaker of the Ulyanovsk city legislature Ilya Nozhechkin, and executive director of the Association of the Volga Region Cities Vladimir Reprintsev.