President of International Olympic Committee to discuss preparations for Sochi Olympiad with Vladimir Putin

Vladimir Putin will pay a working visit to Sochi on June 7th, where he will discuss problems in the preparations for the Sochi Olympics with Jaques Rogge, the president of the International Olympic Committee, RIA Novosti reports.

Putin and Rogge will also lay the first brick of the International Olympic University. The University is planned as a higher school of Olympic management.

206 new facilities will be constructed in Sochi during the preparations, 30 of them directly connected with sports competitions and 176 as part of the tourism infrastructure.