Open-airs with big screens and scenes where people will be able to watch live broadcast of the Olympic Games Sochi-2014 will be made in 16 cities.

The International Ski Federation (FIS) officially certificated the Olympic ski jumps in Sochi.

Using the sun's rays, the Olympic flame lighting for the Winter Games in Sochi went off without a hitch in southern Greece Sunday, ahead of its journey across Russia's nine time zones and even a trip to space before the Feb. 7-23 games.

The number of 8 000 videocameras set up will overcome the number of them in London.

Yesterday, 24th September, final visit of the International Olympic Committee Coordination commission began in Sochi.

The Federal tariff service fixed stable tariffs for the airports of Sochi, Anapa and Krasnodar for the time of Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Several trouble situations were modeled: bad weather conditions and flight delays during the peak days of tourists coming.

The Olympic Ski jumping Complex will be ready for operation by the beginning of the Championship of Russia which starts in the middle of October.

Dmitry Chernyshenko, President of the Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee, spoke at the 125th Session of the International Olympic Committee in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

The Government-owned Corporation “Rosatom” became the official technical partner of the Olympic Games in Sochi.