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Medvedev continues to inspect preparations for 2014 Winter Games
SOCHI, January 6 (Itar-Tass) -- Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev
continued on Wednesday to inspect preparations for the 2014 Winter Olympic
Games in Sochi.
He visited a new hospital in Krasnaya Polyana.
The hospital's new building with 150 beds and a policlinic for 100
visits per day have been built in just two years. During the construction,
the project was specially modified so that the settlement's hospital in
2014 is able to serve members and guests of the Sochi Olympic Games. In
accordance with the recommendations of the International Olympic Committee
(OIC), the hospital complex in Krasnaya Polyana has been turned into a
specialised medical institution with branches of orthopaedics and
traumatology, surgery, intensive care, rehabilitation, radiation therapy
and a specialised laboratory. The complex is furnished with the latest
medical and diagnostic equipment, including magnetic resonance and
64-slice computed tomography.
Medvedev inspected the second runway commissioned at Sochi airport.
Transport Minister Igor Levitin told the head of state that the
reconstruction of the second runway was completed in November 2010 and, on
December 28, a technical landing was successfully accomplished there. "Our
task is to build a tarmac for 80 aircraft in the middle - between the
first and second runway. The task set by the International Olympic
Committee (IOC) is to ensure 24 takeoffs and landings per hour. This can
be achieved only with the use of high speed exit taxiways," said the
minister.
During the reconstruction the second runway was extended by 300 metres
and its length reached 2,500 metres with a width of 49 metres.
Reconstruction of the surfaces of the aprons and taxiways, as well as of
lighting navigational aids and systems for radio-technical flight support,
was carried out.
"Now we believe that we can provide non-stop flights for those
athletes who will arrive here," the minister stressed, referring to both
participants and guests of the 2014 Olympics.
Dmitry Medvedev supported the idea to have a unified transport ticket
for the guests and participants in the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi.
Minister of Transport Igor Levitin initiated the idea.
"Those who come for just one day will enjoy the right for one day," he
said. "All information will be stored in the chip and badge, which the
guests will receive, and everyone will be able to use practically any kind
of transportation."
Levitin told Medvedev about plans to buy 1,100 buses, 2,200 cars and
to train 8,500 drivers.
Earlier on Tuesday Dmitry Medvedev said at the first working meeting
on the heritage of the 2014 Olympic Games that the preparation for the
Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, has "actually entered its final phase."
The president drew attention of the participants in the meeting held
at the Roza Khutor ski resort to the fact that slightly more than three
years remain before the opening of the Olympics. "This project is super
large-scale for our country. Not because any Olympics is a very big
project, not because we have not the easiest conditions here. The project
is ambitious - in terms of the construction volumes and financing, as well
as the organisational complexity," Medvedev explained.
Talking about the pace of construction of Olympic facilities, the
president stressed that "the pace is good, it really can be seen what will
be done." "At the same time, we need to settle a variety of issues,
including the issue of snow. For the second year the winter here is
essentially snow-free in January. And although the Olympics are held at
other time period, we need to make sure that we have no problems that
Vancouver faced last year," he said.
According to the president, up to 85 percent of the funds envisaged
for the Olympic project implementation used for the creation of modern
infrastructure - social, transport and energy. And also on the settlement
of environmental problems and development of tourism. "The most important
thing, as we have repeatedly said, is that we should look into the
post-Olympic future. The Olympics, of course - it is very important, it is
a big sports event, it is joy, but what is no less, and perhaps more
important for us - to have a large number of new facilities, facilities
for life and recreation left here in Sochi. And we also need to make sure
that the high standards, which would be achieved at any price during the
Olympics, be naturally preserved for the people who live in the Krasnodar
Territory, for all who come here to spend their holidays," Medvedev said.
The RF head of state also said that of 14 sports facilities that will
be built in Sochi by 2014, eight will retain their title and purpose after
the Olympics. According to him, sports facilities are divided into three
groups, depending on the options for their further use. "Facilities of the
first group will retain their target purpose, that is sports. There are
eight such facilities, six of which are located in the mountain cluster
and two in the coastal," Medvedev specified. This is a combined ski and
biathlon complex, the bobsleigh track, ski jump complex, alpine skiing
centre, a snowboard park and freestyle centre. In the coastal cluster
there are the Central Stadium and the Big Ice Hockey Arena. "The second
group comprises structures that with the use of the latest technology can
be disassembled and moved to another region. According to reports given to
me, there is an understanding on all the four facilities where they will
be used for the major competitions that will be held in our country," the
president said.
Medvedev supports idea of unified ticket for Olympic Games guests.
SOCHI, January 5 (Itar-Tass) -- Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev
supported the idea to have a unified transport ticket for the guests and
participants in the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi.
Minister of Transport Igor Levitin initiated the idea on Wednesday.
"Those who come for just one day will enjoy the right for one day," he
said. "All information will be stored in the chip and badge, which the
guests will receive, and everyone will be able to use practically any kind
of transportation."
Levitin told Medvedev about plans to buy 1,100 buses, 2,200 cars and
to train 8,500 drivers.
"We shall open a school to train drivers," he said.
Sochi will inherit the Olympic transport system as the Games are over.
"The approach is very important as the guests should be comfortable,"
Medvedev said.
Sochi's main road will further on be used by public transportation
only, Levitin said.
.Pyongyang calls for a dialogue with Seoul.
PYONGYANG, January 6 (Itar-Tass) -- The DPRK calls for South Korea to
start without delay a dialogue to normalise the relations between the
North and the South and to improve the situation in the Korean Peninsula.
This suggestion was expresses in a joint statement, which was approved at
the meeting of the DPRK's government, political parties and organisations,
the Korean Central News Agency reported on Wednesday.
-0-kar
continued on Wednesday to inspect preparations for the 2014 Winter Olympic
Games in Sochi.
He visited a new hospital in Krasnaya Polyana.
The hospital's new building with 150 beds and a policlinic for 100
visits per day have been built in just two years. During the construction,
the project was specially modified so that the settlement's hospital in
2014 is able to serve members and guests of the Sochi Olympic Games. In
accordance with the recommendations of the International Olympic Committee
(OIC), the hospital complex in Krasnaya Polyana has been turned into a
specialised medical institution with branches of orthopaedics and
traumatology, surgery, intensive care, rehabilitation, radiation therapy
and a specialised laboratory. The complex is furnished with the latest
medical and diagnostic equipment, including magnetic resonance and
64-slice computed tomography.
Medvedev inspected the second runway commissioned at Sochi airport.
Transport Minister Igor Levitin told the head of state that the
reconstruction of the second runway was completed in November 2010 and, on
December 28, a technical landing was successfully accomplished there. "Our
task is to build a tarmac for 80 aircraft in the middle - between the
first and second runway. The task set by the International Olympic
Committee (IOC) is to ensure 24 takeoffs and landings per hour. This can
be achieved only with the use of high speed exit taxiways," said the
minister.
During the reconstruction the second runway was extended by 300 metres
and its length reached 2,500 metres with a width of 49 metres.
Reconstruction of the surfaces of the aprons and taxiways, as well as of
lighting navigational aids and systems for radio-technical flight support,
was carried out.
"Now we believe that we can provide non-stop flights for those
athletes who will arrive here," the minister stressed, referring to both
participants and guests of the 2014 Olympics.
Dmitry Medvedev supported the idea to have a unified transport ticket
for the guests and participants in the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi.
Minister of Transport Igor Levitin initiated the idea.
"Those who come for just one day will enjoy the right for one day," he
said. "All information will be stored in the chip and badge, which the
guests will receive, and everyone will be able to use practically any kind
of transportation."
Levitin told Medvedev about plans to buy 1,100 buses, 2,200 cars and
to train 8,500 drivers.
Earlier on Tuesday Dmitry Medvedev said at the first working meeting
on the heritage of the 2014 Olympic Games that the preparation for the
Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, has "actually entered its final phase."
The president drew attention of the participants in the meeting held
at the Roza Khutor ski resort to the fact that slightly more than three
years remain before the opening of the Olympics. "This project is super
large-scale for our country. Not because any Olympics is a very big
project, not because we have not the easiest conditions here. The project
is ambitious - in terms of the construction volumes and financing, as well
as the organisational complexity," Medvedev explained.
Talking about the pace of construction of Olympic facilities, the
president stressed that "the pace is good, it really can be seen what will
be done." "At the same time, we need to settle a variety of issues,
including the issue of snow. For the second year the winter here is
essentially snow-free in January. And although the Olympics are held at
other time period, we need to make sure that we have no problems that
Vancouver faced last year," he said.
According to the president, up to 85 percent of the funds envisaged
for the Olympic project implementation used for the creation of modern
infrastructure - social, transport and energy. And also on the settlement
of environmental problems and development of tourism. "The most important
thing, as we have repeatedly said, is that we should look into the
post-Olympic future. The Olympics, of course - it is very important, it is
a big sports event, it is joy, but what is no less, and perhaps more
important for us - to have a large number of new facilities, facilities
for life and recreation left here in Sochi. And we also need to make sure
that the high standards, which would be achieved at any price during the
Olympics, be naturally preserved for the people who live in the Krasnodar
Territory, for all who come here to spend their holidays," Medvedev said.
The RF head of state also said that of 14 sports facilities that will
be built in Sochi by 2014, eight will retain their title and purpose after
the Olympics. According to him, sports facilities are divided into three
groups, depending on the options for their further use. "Facilities of the
first group will retain their target purpose, that is sports. There are
eight such facilities, six of which are located in the mountain cluster
and two in the coastal," Medvedev specified. This is a combined ski and
biathlon complex, the bobsleigh track, ski jump complex, alpine skiing
centre, a snowboard park and freestyle centre. In the coastal cluster
there are the Central Stadium and the Big Ice Hockey Arena. "The second
group comprises structures that with the use of the latest technology can
be disassembled and moved to another region. According to reports given to
me, there is an understanding on all the four facilities where they will
be used for the major competitions that will be held in our country," the
president said.
Medvedev supports idea of unified ticket for Olympic Games guests.
SOCHI, January 5 (Itar-Tass) -- Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev
supported the idea to have a unified transport ticket for the guests and
participants in the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi.
Minister of Transport Igor Levitin initiated the idea on Wednesday.
"Those who come for just one day will enjoy the right for one day," he
said. "All information will be stored in the chip and badge, which the
guests will receive, and everyone will be able to use practically any kind
of transportation."
Levitin told Medvedev about plans to buy 1,100 buses, 2,200 cars and
to train 8,500 drivers.
"We shall open a school to train drivers," he said.
Sochi will inherit the Olympic transport system as the Games are over.
"The approach is very important as the guests should be comfortable,"
Medvedev said.
Sochi's main road will further on be used by public transportation
only, Levitin said.
.Pyongyang calls for a dialogue with Seoul.
PYONGYANG, January 6 (Itar-Tass) -- The DPRK calls for South Korea to
start without delay a dialogue to normalise the relations between the
North and the South and to improve the situation in the Korean Peninsula.
This suggestion was expresses in a joint statement, which was approved at
the meeting of the DPRK's government, political parties and organisations,
the Korean Central News Agency reported on Wednesday.
-0-kar
