Russian President's Aide Igor Levitin attends the joint session of the Russian Olympic Executive Committee and the Sports Ministry's Board, which approved the Russian national squad at the 2014 Olympics.

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Russian Minister of Sport Vitaly Mutko, right, and Alexander Zhukov, president of the Russian Olympic Council, are seen here ahead of a news conference on the joint session of the Russian Olympic Executive Committee and the Sports Ministry's Board, which approved the Russian national squad at the 2014 Olympics.

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Alexei Vorobyov, near left, of the Moscow Olympic Council, attends the joint session of the Russian Olympic Executive Committee and the Sports Ministry's Board, which approved the Russian national squad at the 2014 Olympics.

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Marat Bariev, left, secretary general of the Russian Olympic Council, and Shamil Tarpischev, president of the Russian Tennis Federation, attend the joint session of the Russian Olympic Executive Committee and the Sports Ministry's Board, which approved the Russian national squad at the 2014 Olympics.

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Alexander Gorshkov, President, Russian Figure Skating Federation, and Alexandra Brilliantova (left), law department chief, Russian Olympic Committee, attending he joint session of the Russian Olympic Executive Committee and the Sports Ministry's Board, which approved the Russian national squad at the 2014 Olympics.

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Shamil Tarpishchev (right), President, Russian tennis Federation, and Pavel Kolobkov, Deputy Sports Minister, attending the joint session of the Russian Olympic Executive Committee and the Sports Ministry's Board, which approved the Russian national squad at the 2014 Olympics.

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Alexander Gorshkov, president of the Russian Figure Skating Federation, attends the joint session of the Russian Olympic Executive Committee and the Sports Ministry's Board, which approved the Russian national squad at the 2014 Olympics.

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Nikolai Gulyaev (left), Olympic skating champion, deputy chief of the Moscow City sports department, and Leonid Tyagachev, honorary member of the Russian Olympic Committee, member of the Federation Council committee on international affairs and commission on youth and sports matters, attending a press conference on the joint session of the Russian Olympic Executive Committee and the Sports Ministry's Board, which approved the Russian national squad at the 2014 Olympics.

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Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko attending a press conference on the joint session of the Russian Olympic Executive Committee and the Sports Ministry's Board, which approved the Russian national squad at the 2014 Olympics.

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Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko attending a press conference on the joint session of the Russian Olympic Executive Committee and the Sports Ministry's Board, which approved the Russian national squad at the 2014 Olympics.

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Alexander Zhukov, Russian Olympic Committee President, attending a press conference on the joint session of the Russian Olympic Executive Committee and the Sports Ministry's Board, which approved the Russian national squad at the 2014 Olympics.

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Vitaly Smirnov, member of the International Olympic Committee, honorary member of the Russian Olympic Committee, attending a press conference on the joint session of the Russian Olympic Executive Committee and the Sports Ministry's Board, which approved the Russian national squad at the 2014 Olympics.

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Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko attending a press conference on the joint session of the Russian Olympic Executive Committee and the Sports Ministry's Board, which approved the Russian national squad at the 2014 Olympics.

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Alexander Zhukov, Russian Olympic Committee President, attending a press conference on the joint session of the Russian Olympic Executive Committee and the Sports Ministry's Board, which approved the Russian national squad at the 2014 Olympics.

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Alexander Zhukov, Russian Olympic Committee President, attending a press conference on the joint session of the Russian Olympic Executive Committee and the Sports Ministry's Board, which approved the Russian national squad at the 2014 Olympics.

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Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko attending a press conference on the joint session of the Russian Olympic Executive Committee and the Sports Ministry's Board, which approved the Russian national squad at the 2014 Olympics.

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Vladislav Tretyak (left), member of the Duma committee on sports and youth matters, and Leonid Tyagachev, honorary member of the Russian Olympic Committee, member of the Federation Council committee on international affairs and commission on youth and sports matters, attending a press conference on the joint session of the Russian Olympic Executive Committee and the Sports Ministry's Board, which approved the Russian national squad at the 2014 Olympics.

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Leonid Tyagachev, honorary member of the Russian Olympic Committee, member of the Federation Council committee on international affairs and commission on youth and sports matters, and Alexandra Brilliantova, law department chief, Russian Olympic Committee, attending the joint session of the Russian Olympic Executive Committee and the Sports Ministry's Board, which approved the Russian national squad at the 2014 Olympics.

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Sergei Kushchenko (right), Executive Director, Russian Biathlete Union, attending the joint session of the Russian Olympic Executive Committee and the Sports Ministry's Board, which approved the Russian national squad at the 2014 Olympics.

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Alexander Gorshkov, President, Russian Figure Skating Federation, attending the joint session of the Russian Olympic Executive Committee and the Sports Ministry's Board, which approved the Russian national squad at the 2014 Olympics.

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Sergei Kushchenko, Executive Director, Russian Biathlete Union, attending the joint session of the Russian Olympic Executive Committee and the Sports Ministry's Board, which approved the Russian national squad at the 2014 Olympics.

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Shamil Tarpishchev, President, Russian Tennis Federation, attending the the joint session of the Russian Olympic Executive Committee and the Sports Ministry's Board, which approved the Russian national squad at the 2014 Olympics.

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Sergei Kushchenko (left), Executive Director, Russian Biathlete Union, and Vladimir Uiba, Head, Federal Medical Biological Agency, attending the joint session of the Russian Olympic Executive Committee and the Sports Ministry's Board, which approved the Russian national squad at the 2014 Olympics.

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From left: Igor Kazikov, Managing Director, the Russian Olympic Committee's board for participation in Olympic events, Pavel Kolobkov, Deputy Sports Minister, and Vladimir Vasin, Honorary Vice-President, Russian Olympic Committee, attending the joint session of the Russian Olympic Executive Committee and the Sports Ministry's Board, which approved the Russian national squad at the 2014 Olympics.

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