Universiade Winners To Get Cash Prizes Russian Oligarchs Footing Sochi Bill Zenit St. Petersburg Stadium Delayed Olympic Notes U.S., Russia, Iran Vie To Keep Wrestling Russia Waives Visa For Foreign Athletes Russia Publishes Report On '18 WC Prep Cameron, Putin Renew Security Ties Authorities Ban 11 Ingredients For Sochi Georgia Confirms No Olympic Boycott
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Russia To Award Universiade Winners Cash Prizes Up To $5,40005 / 22 / 13Each medalist in the upcoming Kazan World Summer Universiade "will be awarded a cash prize," according to XINHUA. Gold medal winners will be awarded with 168,000 rubles ($5,400). Silver medalists will receive $2,600 and bronze medalists will earn $1,600. Coaches and other sports staff of the 27th Un... Tags: Events and Attractions, Russia |
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Sochi Investor Wants Tax Rebates
A key investor in Russia's 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics "is lobbying the government to offer tax rebates for the companies operating in Sochi to help offset the rising costs" of the Games, according to the MOSCOW TIMES. Sergei Bachin, general director of Roza Khutor, which is building a ski resort, a ...
Russian Government Will Not Fund Zenit
The Russian federal government "has refused to provide any future funding for the construction of Zenit St. Petersburg's delayed and over-budget new stadium," according to R-SPORT. The arena, which will host a 2018 World Cup semifinal, was originally supposed to open in '08, "but the completion date ...
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Olympic Investors Complain About Cost
Some of the biggest investors in the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics "are requesting financial help from the government to help ease the burden" from the Games' estimated $50B price tag, according to Thomas Grove of REUTERS. In a letter addressed to Deputy PM Dmitry Kozak, who is responsible for the 2014 ...
Sochi To Test New Spectator Pass Plan
The Russian government on Friday "tiptoed away from the idea of forcing visitors to the Sochi Winter Olympics to register their personal details with authorities," according to R-SPORT. Sochi officials had previously said that "spectators might have to hand over their passport information and, poten ...
Zenit Stadium Price Tag Reduced
St. Petersburg's construction committee said that Russian Premier League side Zenit’s long-delayed football stadium will cost about $1.1B, "slightly less than previous estimates," according to R-SPORT. The latest number "is a speck of good news for the much-maligned project, which has been pla ...
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Russian FA Warns Clubs Of Agents
The Russian FA, also know as the Russian Football Union, "is urging Premier League clubs to refrain from soliciting agents in an attempt to help poorly funded sides avoid unnecessary outlays," according to R-SPORT. When players switch clubs in Russia, their agents "often receive payments from both t ...
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FC Rubin Kazan Can't Host Chelsea
UEFA will not allow Russian Premier League FC Rubin Kazan to play Chelsea in its home city of Kazan in the Europa League quarterfinals, according to R-SPORT. Rubin had said that it would "appeal the decision to force the club to hold the April 11 game at Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow because of a churn ...
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Sochi To Store Snow For Winter Games
Organizers of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics "are worried a lack of white powder could become a problem next February," according to Gennady Fyodorov of REUTERS. Unseasonably warm temperatures this winter in Sochi "have forced local organizers to store some 450,000 cubic meters of snow in the nearby ...
Russia, Ukraine Football Merger Planned
Plans to merge the top divisions of the Russian and Ukrainian football leagues "have won further support from club owners keen to replicate the commercial success of the English Premier League and Europe-wide Champions League," according to Kavanagh, Chazan & Olearchyk of the FINANCIAL TIMES. A ...
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Fans Must Be Educated About Paralympics
Russian Paralympic Committee head Mikhail Terentiev said Wednesday "the country’s sports fans must be educated to view next year’s Paralympics in Sochi as real sport rather than a 'charity drive,'" according to R-SPORT. Terentiev said that "spectators disturbed blind athletes by shouting ...
