The opening ceremony of the first CIS Games was held in Kazan, Russia.

Axar.az reports that the event began with a parade of 9 participating countries.

First, Azerbaijani representatives took the stage. The flag bearer of the delegation, who greeted the participants to the sounds of national music, was the world champion in Greco-Roman wrestling among juniors and Greco-Roman wrestler Hasrat Jafarov (67 kg), who has already won a gold medal at the CIS Games. Then the rest of the countries took the stage.

Then the official part started. After reading the address of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, the President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov greeted the participants.

Note that the first CIS Games will last until September 11.