7 june 2010

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin meets with Vitaly Mutko, Minister of Sport, Tourism and Youth Policy

The two officials discussed expansion of the existing federal targeted programme to boost grassroots sports. They discussed ways to accelerate the construction of sports facilities, including those for winter sports, and projects in which Russian regions would focus on the development of specific kinds of sport. The Prime Minister also mentioned potential uses for the Olympic facilities in Sochi after 2014.