Interdepartmental interaction on providing biological safety on Tatarstan Republic territory during preparations for 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup in Kazan

Infectious agents collections used in practical work are to be securely protected as they can cause infections among people and animals; they are potential biological terrorism objects including periods when mass sport, political, or cultural events take place in the country. It made our research truly vital. Our research goal was to analyze an interdepartmental workgroup functioning aimed at inspecting objects located on areas where 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup and 2018 FIFA World Championship were to take place. This workgroup had to deal with biological substances, biological and microbiological organisms and infectious agents from II-IV pathogenicity groups. Its basic task was to minimize biological hazards during work with pathogenic biological agents. The research involved examination of legal documents (including international ones) which regulated biological safety requirements for work with pathogenic biological agents; consideration of joint work with the RF Federal Security Service, Tatarstan Regional Office, Tatarstan Anti-Terrorism Commission for providing anti-terroristic protection of organizations dealing with infectious agents, including those common for people and animals, on the example of Rospotrebnadzor Regional Office in Tatarstan; analysis of work performed by the interdepartmental workgroup. It is shown that efficient interdepartmental interaction allowed to provide biological safety in Kazan and on adjoining territories, to prevent pathogen entering the environment and possibility to use pathogenic biological agents as biological terrorism objects during preparation for 2017 FIFA Confederation Cup and the event itself.