The head of Sochi, Anatoliy Pakhomov, has signed an order postponing
working days due to the International Investment Forum ‘Sochi-2010’
being held on September 16-19.
Instead of September 16 and 17 people will work on September 11 and
25. The decision was made to provide optimal functionality of all
facilities in the city, Interfax reports.
Approximately 8,000 people will arrive for the forum, with 2,500 of
them participating in it.
Sochi expects guests from Austria, Germany, Italy, France and Turkey,
along with delegations from Abkhazia, Dagestan, Tatarstan, North
Ossetia, Khakassia and Chechnya.
Approximately 300 volunteers and 2,500 policeman will be on duty at the forum.
Sochi changed its car traffic system on September 6. Transport
near the Zimniy Theatre was closed off, with Black Sea Street between
Uchiteslkaya Street and Theatre Square open to two-way traffic.
