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McDonald's Named One Of 15 Contracted Caterers For 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics05 / 24 / 13McDonald's "will get a triumphant welcome in Sochi as the event's official restaurant," according to Lena Smirnova of the MOSCOW TIMES. As one of 15 contracted caterers to the 2014 Sochi Olympics, "the world's largest fast food chain and nine-time official restaurant partner of the games will build ... |
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Sochi Faces Construction Cost Inflation
The state-run construction company set up to build most of the facilities for the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics "has been accused by Russian auditors of unjustified cost inflations" of up to $506M, according to R-SPORT. A chamber report circulated in the upper house of parliament Wednesday read, " ...
Sochi Behind On Olympics Construction
The estimated $50B being spent to prepare the Russian Black Sea resort to host the 2014 Winter Games, makes the $40B spent in readying Beijing to host the 2008 Summer Games look "positively restrained," according to Nicole Jeffery of the AUSTRALIAN. Of that "extravagant total," it is estimated that ...
International Broadcasters Gather In Sochi
Rights-holding broadcasters for the 2014 Olympic Winter Games have gathered in Sochi for the second World Broadcaster Meeting, which is being held through Saturday. More than 200 representatives of int'l broadcasters have traveled to the Russian host city to view the broadcast facilities that will b ...
No Visa-Free Sochi Winter Olympics
An easing of visa requirements for Europeans "is unlikely even for next year's Winter Olympics in Sochi, as officials from both Moscow and the EU insist on their positions," according to Nikolaus von Twickel of the MOSCOW TIMES. EU delegation spokesperson ...
Spartak Sells Naming Rights To Bank
Russian Premier League Spartak Moscow has "sold the naming rights" to its new stadium to a financial firm, meaning it will be called the Otkritie Arena, according to R-SPORT. The 44,000-seat stadium, one of the 2018 World Cup venues, will "bear the name for six years," the length of a $40M sponsorsh ...
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Russia To Fight Wrestling's Olympic Exit
Russia "vowed to overturn a decision to exclude wrestling from the 2020 Olympics," saying that the move "flouts the Games’ traditions and the interests of hundreds of millions of fans around the world," according to Kravchenko & Meyer of BLOOMBERG. Int'l Federation of Associated Wrestling ...
Gazprom CEO Pushes Regional League
Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller said that a regional football league bringing together the best Russian and Ukrainian clubs "could start as early as next autumn," according to RUSSIA TODAY. The idea "was initially backed by only four Russian clubs" -- Zenit St. Petersburg, Anzhi Makhachkala, CSKA Moscow a ...
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Putin Puts Security On High Alert
Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered security forces to be on high alert "to protect against attacks by militants ahead of next year's Winter Olympics in Sochi," according to Thomas Grove of REUTERS. Russia "is battling an Islamist insurgency in the Caucasus region," stemming from two separatist ...
KHL Looks To Expand Westward
Kontinental Hockey League President Alexander Medvedev said that the league "is set to expand its presence into Western Europe by accepting new members in the near future," according to the AFP. Medvedev said that the Russian-led league, which already includes teams from the former Soviet Union as w ...
Skeleton Managers Have Sochi Concerns
Sochi 2014 Games organizers “have narrowly avoided a boycott of the skeleton World Cup event by teams unhappy with the quality of the ice track at the Sanki Sliding Centre,” according to Nicole Jeffery of THE AUSTRALIAN. Team managers “threatened to withdraw their teams from the c ...
