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Russia may send a total of 445 athletes for the Olympic Games in London this year, Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko said at the Russian Olympic Committee, RIA Novosti reports.432 athletes will compete in 34 out of 37 types of sports. Additional licenses may be issued for after the championship for track-and-field athletics held in Cheboksary. Venezuela hosted basketball games for men on Monday.
Vitaly Mutko: “Money doesn’t mean everything in sport”
Earlier this week it was confirmed the Russian Olympic Committee had been sent by Dagestan their bid proposal for the Games, which would take place in Kaspiysk.
Sergei Naryshkin, the former head of the presidential administration, was voted in as the parliamentary speaker of Russia’s lower house of parliament, the State Duma, at its first session on Wednesday
The Russian parliament of the sixth calling has approved candidates for all positions, a member of the United Russia Oleg Morozov said, RIA Novosti reports.
The 40th General Assembly of European Olympic Committees (EOC) will open in Sochi today.National Olympic committees from 49 European states will arrive for the event, Interfax reports.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has arrived to the Central Electoral Commission and registered as candidate for parliament of the United Russia Party.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has signed deals on cooperation in investments, energy and metallurgy in China. Experts say they are worth some $7 billion. However, there are no deals on Russian gas supplies for China, which have been discussed for years.
Russian Vice-Premier Alexander Zhukov has offered Chinese companies to involve themselves in development of the tourism cluster of the North Caucasus, RIA Novosti reports.Many European states are taking part in the project, Zhukov noted. He reminded that Russia will host the Winter Olympic Games in 2014 and the World Football Championship in 2018. China has experience in building infrastructure and hosting such events.
Russian Vice-Premier Alexander Zhukov recommended the Russian Federal Tourism Agency to form an association of Hajj operators, he said at the commission for religious unities, ITAR-TASS reports.Such association is necessary after the disorders in the Middle East. There is serious transformation, Director of the Department of the Middle East and North Africa of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Sergey Vershinin, said.
The railway between the Russian city of Adler and the Abkhazian city of Sukhum is re-established. Work cost on the project 2 billion rubles, Russian Vice Premier Alexander Zhukov said today, as he officially opened the railway, Yuga.ru reports.
Construction of a resort and tourism cluster in the North Caucasuswill be supplemented with a beach resort, raising the project'sexpenses to 900 billion rubles, Yuga.ru reports.
Alexander Zhukov has held a council at Yessentuki, where the situation at the labor market and additional measures for training staff for primary and middle education of the North Caucasian Federal District were discussed, Yuga.ru reports.
The Board of Directors of Russian Railways (RZD) at a meeting on Tuesday approved the sale of shares in four subsidiaries, said the head of the Council, Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Z
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has instructed the President of Olympic Committee of Russia, Vice Premier Alexander Zhukov, to take control of all matters relating to the organization of the training of the Russian athletes, RIA Novosti reports.The Prime Minister noted that more than 6 billion rubles had been allocated in the federal budget to the preparation of the Russian team for the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in 2011-2013.
Planning for the 2014 Olympic Games has reached a more active stage, Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Zhukov said, RIA Novosti cites the press office of the "Sochi 2014 " organizing committee. On …
Azerbaijan and Russia have signed a sports deal, Trend reports.
The Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) and 11 national Olympic committees (NOC) of the CIS, Baltics and Eastern Europe signed a memorandum on cooperation in Sochi on Thuesday, Yuga.ru reports.
Sponsors will cover the majority of operation budget of the Olympic Games in Sochi in 2014, Alexander Zhukov, Russian Vice-President and President of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC), said in Sochi on March 23, Yuga.ru reports.
The fall in the Russian population has seen a 3.5-fold reduction in the last five years, due to realization of the national project ‘Health’, Russian Vice-Premier Alexander Zhukov said.
