Russian Central Bank said Wednesday that it has issued a special banknote edition for the upcoming Sochi Winter Olympic Games.

Sochi 2014 organisers have unveiled the official uniform for volunteers and staff at the Winter Olympics.

Anticipation is high as the 100-day countdown to the XXII Winter Olympics in Sochi kicks off today. Preparations are in full swing after Russian President Vladimir Putin called for a “final push” in the run-up to the Games.

The Organizing Committee “Sochi-2014” announced that the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games will start at 20.14.

From 1st November 2013 till 31 March 2014 “Aeroflot” provides customers with one free place for luggage for skiing (snowboard) equipment of a weight under 23 kilos.

The Olympic torch was carried at the North Pole by 11 persons.

All the members of a crew of the International Spaceship station plan to make photos and videos of the Opening Ceremony and other events of the Olympic Games in Sochi-2014 in free of researches time.

The Olympic torch relay started in Karelia from one of the largest open-air museums of Russia “Kizhi”.

About 150 cadets of the Ulianovsk Aviation School will work in a Sochi airport during the Olympic Games.