XII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. Chairman of the Russian Cinematographers Union, film director Nikita Mikhalkov (left) and Krasnodar Territory Governor Alexander Tkachev (center) on the team competitions in figure skating at the Sports Palace "Iceberg".

XII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. Middle row, from left to right: ballerina Ekaterina Shipulina, pianist Denis Matsuev, director of the ballet of the Bolshoi Theater (Bolshoi) Sergei Filin and TV presenter Andrey Malakhov on the team competitions in figure skating at the Sports Palace "Iceberg".

XII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. Head of the Russian Imperial Ballet Gediminas Taranda (right) on the team competitions in figure skating at the Sports Palace "Iceberg".

XII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. Three-time Olympic champion in Greco-Roman wrestling champion Alexander Karelin (center) on the team competitions in figure skating at the Sports Palace "Iceberg".

XII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. Singer Lev Leshchenko (left) on the team competitions in figure skating at the Sports Palace "Iceberg".

XII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. Leader of the Russian Communist Party (KPRF) Gennady Zyuganov (right) on the team competitions in figure skating at the Sports Palace "Iceberg".

XII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. Olympic store of "Bosco" "Shater".

XII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. Russian team member Yulia Lipnitskaya during the team competitions in figure skating at the Sports Palace "Iceberg".

XII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. Russian team member Yulia Lipnitskaya during the team competitions in figure skating at the Sports Palace "Iceberg".

XII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. Russian team member Yulia Lipnitskaya during the team competitions in figure skating at the Sports Palace "Iceberg".

XII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. Russian team member Yulia Lipnitskaya during the team competitions in figure skating at the Sports Palace "Iceberg".

XII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. Short Track. Race for 1500 among men. Member of the Olympic team of Russia Viktor Antonov (right) during a competition at the Palace of winter sports "Iceberg".

XII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. Short Track. Race for 1500 among men. Member of the French Olympic team Sebastien Lepap (right) during a competition at the Palace of winter sports "Iceberg".

XII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. Short Track. Race for 1500 among men. Member of the Olympic team of Russia Viktor Antonov after a competition at the Palace of winter sports "Iceberg".

XII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. Short Track. Race for 1500 among men. From left to right: member of the Olympic team in China Tian Han, member of the Olympic team of Russia, Viktor Antonov, member of the Olympic team of South Korea Han Bin Lee during a competition at the Palace of winter sports "Iceberg".

XII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. Short Track. Race for 1500 among men. Member of the Olympic team of Russia Viktor Antonov (left) and member of the Canadian Olympic team Charles Amlen (right) during a competition at the Palace of winter sports "Iceberg".

XII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. Short Track. Race for 1500 among men. China Olympic team member Tianyu Han (left) and member of the Olympic team of Russia Viktor An (right) after a competition at the Palace of winter sports "Iceberg".

XII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. Short Track. Race for 1500 among men. China Olympic team member Tianyu Han (left), member of the Canadian Olympic team Charles Hamelin (center) and member of the Olympic team of Russia Viktor An (right) during a competition at the Palace of winter sports "Iceberg".

XII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. Short Track. Race for 1500 among men. China Olympic team member Tianyu Han (left), member of the Canadian Olympic team Charles Hamelin (center) and member of the Olympic team of Russia Viktor An (right) during a competition at the Palace of winter sports "Iceberg".

XII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. Short Track. Race for 1500 among men. Member of the Olympic team of Russia Victor An after a competition at the Palace of winter sports "Iceberg".

XII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. Short Track. Race for 1500 among men. Member of the Canadian Olympic team Charles Hamelin (left) and member of the Olympic team of Russia Victor An (right) during a competition at the Palace of winter sports "Iceberg".

XII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. Short Track. Race for 1500 among men. Member of the Olympic team of Russia Victor An during a competition at the Palace of winter sports "Iceberg".

XII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. Short Track. Race for 1500 among men. Member of the Olympic team of Russia Victor An after a competition at the Palace of winter sports "Iceberg".

XII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

XII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. Team competitions in figure skating. Members of the national team of Russia in figure skating, from left to right: Yevgeny Plushenko, Maxim Trankov and Yuliya Lipnitskaya.

XII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. Russian team member Yulia Lipnitskaya and her coach Etery Tutberidze after the team competitions in figure skating at the Sports Palace "Iceberg".

XII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. Team competitions in figure skating. Member of the Olympic team of the U.S. in Figure Skating Gracie Gold (center) after the competition in sports palace "Iceberg".

XII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. Team competitions in figure skating. Member of the Olympic team of the U.S. in Figure Skating Gracie Gold after the performance at the Sports Palace "Iceberg".

XII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. Burning fire at the Olympic stadium "Fischt".

XII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. Training of Russian hockey team was held at the Ice Palace "Bolshoy". Team member Alexander Radulov during training.

XII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. Member of the Olympic team of Russia figure skating Evgeni Plushenko, who won gold medal in team competitions in figure skating during the medal ceremony.

XII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. Short Track. Race for 1500 among men. Member of the Canadian Olympic team Charles Hamelin (right) and member of the Olympic team of Russia Viktor An (left) after a competition at the Palace of winter sports "Iceberg".

XII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. Member of the Olympic team of Russia figure skating Evgeni Plushenko, who won gold medal in team competitions in figure skating during the medal ceremony.

XII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. Member of the Olympic team of Russia figure skating Evgeni Plushenko, who won gold medal in team competitions in figure skating during the medal ceremony.

XII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. Member of the Olympic team of Russia figure skating Evgeni Plushenko, who won gold medal in team competitions in figure skating during the medal ceremony.

XII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. Members of the Olympic team of Russia figure skating Yulia Lipnitskaya (left) and Evgeni Plushenko (right), who won gold medals in team competitions in figure skating during the medal ceremony.

XII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. Members of the Russian Olympic team in figure skating, who won gold medals in team competitions in figure skating during the medal ceremony.

XII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. Members of the Russian Olympic team in figure skating, who won gold medals in team competitions in figure skating during the medal ceremony.

XII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. Members of the Russian Olympic team in figure skating, who won gold medals in team competitions in figure skating during the medal ceremony.

XII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. Members of the Russian Olympic team in figure skating, who won gold medals in team competitions in figure skating during the medal ceremony.

XII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. Members of the Olympic team of Russia figure skating Yulia Lipnitskaya (left) and Evgeni Plushenko (right), who won gold medals in team competitions in figure skating during the medal ceremony.

XII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. Member of the Olympic team of Russia figure skating Evgeni Plushenko, who won gold medal in team competitions in figure skating during the medal ceremony.

XII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. Medalists sprint race on biathlon among women, from left to right: member of the national team of Ukraine Vita Semerenko, team member of Slovakia Anastasiya Kuzmina and member of the national team of Russia Olga Viluhina during the awards ceremony.

XII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

XII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. Medalists sprint race on biathlon among women, from left to right: member of the national team of Ukraine Vita Semerenko, team member of Slovakia Anastasiya Kuzmina and member of the national team of Russia Olga Viluhina during the awards ceremony.

XII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. Member of the national men's team Russia in luge Albert Demchenko, who won a silver medal in the individual competition, during the medal ceremony of Olympic champions at the Plaza awards in the Olympic Park.

XII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. Silver medalist in the individual competition in luge among men, member of Russian team Albert Demchenko during the awards ceremony.

XII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. Short Track. Race for 1500 among men. Member of the Olympic team of Russia Viktor An (left) and member of the Canadian Olympic team Charles Hamelin (right) during the medal ceremony.

XII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. Bronze medalist race at 3000 meters speed skating competitions among women, member team of Russia Olga Graf at the medal ceremony of Olympic champions in the Olympic Park.

XII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. Short Track. Race for 1500 among men. Member of the Canadian Olympic team Charles Hamelin (right, on screen). Preparing the awards ceremony at the Palace of winter sports "Iceberg".

XII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. Members of the Russian Olympic team in figure skating, who won gold medals in team competitions in figure skating, from left to right: Yulia Lipnitskaya, Evgeni Plushenko, Ksenia Stolbova, Fedor Klimov, Tatiana Volosozhar, Maxim Trankov, Ekaterina Bobrova, Dmitry Solovyov, Elena Il'inykh, Nikita Katsalapov during the medal ceremony.

XII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. Member of the national men's team Russia in luge Albert Demchenko, who won a silver medal in the individual competition, during the medal ceremony of Olympic champions at the Plaza awards in the Olympic Park.

XII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. Member of the Olympic team of Russia figure skating Yulia Lipnitskaya (right) during the medal ceremony.

XII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. Members of the Russian Olympic team in figure skating, who won gold medals in team competitions in figure skating, from left to right: Yulia Lipnitskaya and Evgeni Plushenko during the medal ceremony.

XII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. Members of the Russian Olympic team in figure skating, who won gold medals in team competitions in figure skating, from left to right: Yulia Lipnitskaya, Evgeni Plushenko, Xenia Stolbova, Fedor Klimov, Tatiana Volosozhar, Maxim Trankov, Yekaterina Bobrova and Dmitry Solovyov, Elena Ilyinykh and Nikita Katsalapov during the medal ceremony.

XII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. Short Track. Race for 1500 among men. Member of the Olympic team of Russia Victor An during the medal ceremony.

XII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. Short Track. Race for 1500 among men. Member of the Olympic team of Russia Victor An (right) during the medal ceremony.

XII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. Medalists in the individual competition in luge, from left to right: team member of Italy Armin Tsogeller, team member of Germany Felix Loch and member of the Russian national team Albert Demchenko during the medal ceremony.

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XII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. Member of the Russian national team in luge Albert Demchenko, who won silver medal in the individual competition luge, during the medal ceremony at the Plaza awards in the Olympic Park.

XII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. Member of the Russian Olympic team in biathlon Olga Viluhina, who won silver medal in the sprint race at the biathlon during the medal ceremony of Olympic champions at the Plaza awards in the Olympic Park.

XII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. Members of the Russian Olympic team in figure skating, who won gold medals in team competitions in figure skating during the medal ceremony at the Plaza awards in the Olympic Park.

XII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. Member of the Russian national team in skating Olga Graf, who won a bronze medal in the 3000 meter race competitions in speed skating at the medal ceremony at the Plaza ceremony in the Olympic Park.

XII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. Member of the Russian national team in skating Olga Graf (center), who won a bronze medal in the 3000 meter race competitions in speed skating at the medal ceremony at the Plaza ceremony in the Olympic Park.

XII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. Member of the Olympic team of Russia figure skating Evgeni Plushenko, who won gold medal in team competitions in figure skating during the medal ceremony.