This was announced today by the deputy head of the territorial authority, Chief state Inspector for small vessels of the Republic of Tatarstan Yuri Venediktov. A briefing was held on the topic "On measures to ensure safety on water bodies when using small vessels during navigation in the Republic of Tatarstan". Yuri Venediktov said that today the water bodies of the Republic of Tatarstan are almost completely cleared of ice.
However, the situation on the water bodies is quite complicated – there is a rare ice drift, everywhere the water carries boards, logs, remnants of vegetation, the water temperature on the water bodies of the republic is not much different from winter, only 3-4 degrees.