Kassym-Jomart Tokayev attended the opening ceremony of the International Ice Hockey Tournament for the Cup of Kazakhstan’s President to be held on August 7-11 at the “Barys Arena” Ice palace.
After the opening ceremony, the Head of State watched the match between Barys and Ak Bars.
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The Presidential Cup is the annual pre-seasonal ice hockey tournament held in Nur-Sultan since 2010. Besides Barys from Nur-Sultan and Ak Bars from Kazan, the Russian clubs Avtomobilist from Yekaterinburg, Neftekhimik from Nizhnekamsk and Salavat Yulaev from Ufa are taking part at the tournament.
