Ravil Kuzyurov met with Hirsty Bjernstad, Head of the Committee for Industry, Environment and Climate in Oppland County (Norway)
Ravil Kuzyurov, Minister of Forestry of the Republic of Tatarstan, met with the Head of the Committee for Industry, Environment and Climate in Opplann, Hirsty Bjernstad in the framework of his working trip to Norway, where the International Loggers Championship-2018 was held in Lillehammer from 2 to 5 August.
Within the framework of the meeting, the parties discussed forestry issues, as well as the possibility of mutually beneficial bilateral cooperation.
The Chairman of the regional association of private forest owners Silje Ludwigsen - the Organizer of forest provision for the International Logging Championships-2018, the Chairman of the Norwegian Agricultural Technical Organization Tour, Voll Dombu, the President of the National Organizing Committee of the International Logging Championships -Inger Johanna H.Svete also participated in the discussions.
Within the framework of the International Logging Championships in Lillehammer for three days, a team from Russia fought with fellers from other countries, taking part in 5 types of technical disciplines: felling, chain replacing, precise bucking, bucking with combined cutting and trimming. The Championship gathered representatives from 28 countries. The Russian national team took the 10th place in the team event. In the individual classification a bronze medal in the discipline of cutting a log with a combined run, was given to Artem Shashkov from Cheboksary. In the personal championship among 120 participants the sixth place was taken by Ilya Shvetsov from Petrozavodsk.