
On the day before the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Paralympic Games, the Russian delegation took part in a Ceremony to raise the Paralympic flag and the flag of the Russian Federation in the Paralympic Village.

On August 30, 2012, a performance by world-famous French tenor Roberto Alagna will open the Second Kazan Fall International Opera Festival, which will launch a series of autumn music festivals that will form part of the Sochi 2014 Cultural Olympiad.





The II Marathon of the Russian Regions, a unique project which is part of the Sochi 2014 Cultural Olympiad, saw over 1,200 artists from 40 regions of the country, performing in Sochi and London.



Our group is spending the first few days in London touring the various Olympic National Hospitality Houses that dot the London city-scape and seeing the fan side of the Olympic Games.