Twice basketball Olympic champion Nelli Feryabnikova (left) before the beginning of Russia's Olympic Ball 2014 in the State Kremlin Palace.30.05.2014#2440934
1976 Olympic diving champion and leading journalist of the Sport-Express newspaper Yelena Voitsekhovskaya and three-time Olympic prize winner luger Albert Demchenko before the beginning of the Russia's Olympic Ball-2014 in the State Kremlin Palace.30.05.2014#2440764
Olympic figure skating champion Evgeny Plushenko (center) with Olympic champions on synchronous swimming Elvira Khasyanova, Angelika Timanina, Svetlana Romashina and Natalya Ishchenko (from left to right) before the beginning of Russia's Olympic Ball-2014 in the State Kremlin Palace.30.05.2014#2440763
Member of the Russian national beach soccer team Ilya Leonov, left, and FC Lokomotiv's goalkeeper Andrey Bukhlitsky seen here prior to the Olympic Ball of Russia 2014 in the State Kremlin Palace, Moscow.30.05.2014#2440762
Figure skaters Viktoria Sinitsyna and Nikita Katsalapov seen here prior to the Olympic Ball of Russia 2014 in the State Kremlin Palace, Moscow.30.05.2014#2440761
From left: Nina Mozer, coach-instructor of the Vorobyovy Gory specialized children's athletic school of the Olympic reserve, and figure skaters Adelina Sotnikova and Fyodor Klimov seen here prior to the Olympic Ball of Russia 2014 in the State Kremlin Palace, Moscow.30.05.2014#2440760
Olympic figure skating champion Adelina Sotnikova seen here prior to the Olympic Ball of Russia 2014 in the State Kremlin Palace, Moscow.30.05.2014#2440759
From left: Alexander Zhukov, President of the Russian Olympic Committee; Soviet ice hockey player and Merited Coach of the USSR Viktor Tikhonov, and leader of the Communist Party Gennady Zyuganov are seen here prior to the Olympic Ball of Russia 2014 in the State Kremlin Palace, Moscow. seen here prior to the Olympic Ball of Russia 2014 in the State Kremlin Palace, Moscow.30.05.2014#2440758
Soviet ice hockey player and Merited Coach of the USSR Viktor Tikhonov, left, and leader of the Communist Party Gennady Zyuganov are seen here prior to the Olympic Ball of Russia 2014 in the State Kremlin Palace, Moscow.30.05.2014#2440757
From left: four time Olympic champion in gymnastics Alexei Nemov, editor-in-chief of the Bolshoi Sport magazine; leader of the Communist Party Gennady Zyuganov, and Alexander Zhukov, President of the Russian Olympic Committee, seen here prior to the Olympic Ball of Russia 2014 in the State Kremlin Palace, Moscow.30.05.2014#2440756
Four time Olympic champion in gymnastics Alexei Nemov, left, editor-in-chief of the Bolshoi Sport magazine, and leader of the Communist Party Gennady Zyuganov seen here prior to the Olympic Ball of Russia 2014 in the State Kremlin Palace, Moscow.30.05.2014#2440755
Alexander Zhukov, President of the Russian Olympic Committee, and four time Olympic champion in gymnastics Alexei Nemov, editor-in-chief of the Bolshoi Sport magazine, seen here prior to the Olympic Ball of Russia 2014 in the State Kremlin Palace, Moscow.30.05.2014#2440754
Alexander Zhukov, President of the Russian Olympic Committee, and Alexander Ovechkin's mother Tatyana seen here prior to the Olympic Ball of Russia 2014 in the State Kremlin Palace, Moscow.30.05.2014#2440753
Larisa Latynina, left, Merited Master of Sport, international category referee, instructor, nine-time Olympic champion in gymnastics, and Svetlana Khorkina, two-time Olympic gymnastics champion, seen here prior to the Olympic Ball of Russia 2014 in the State Kremlin Palace, Moscow.30.05.2014#2440752
Alexander Gorshkov, President of the Russian Figure Skating Federation, seen here prior to the Olympic Ball of Russia 2014 in the State Kremlin Palace, Moscow.30.05.2014#2440751
Alexander Zhukov, President of the Russian Olympic Committee, and comedian Mikhail Zhvanetsky seen here prior to the Olympic Ball of Russia 2014 in the State Kremlin Palace, Moscow.30.05.2014#2440750
Russian national curling team member Anna Sidorova seen here prior to the Olympic Ball of Russia 2014 in the State Kremlin Palace, Moscow.30.05.2014#2440749
Russian national curling team members, from left: Yekaterina Galkina, Anna Sidorova, Margarita Fomina, Nkeiruka Ezeh and Alexandra Saitova seen here prior to the Olympic Ball of Russia 2014 in the State Kremlin Palace, Moscow.30.05.2014#2440748
Figure skaters Fyodor Klimov and Ksenia Stolbova; Nina Mozer, coach-instructor of the Vorobyovy Gory specialized children's athletic school of the Olympic reserve, center, are seen here prior to the Olympic Ball of Russia 2014 in the State Kremlin Palace, Moscow.30.05.2014#2440747
Figure skaters Fyodor Klimov and Ksenia Stolbova; Nina Mozer, coach-instructor of the Vorobyovy Gory specialized children's athletic school of the Olympic reserve, center, seen here prior to the Olympic Ball of Russia 2014 in the State Kremlin Palace, Moscow.30.05.2014#2440746
Nikolai Lopukhov, senior coach of the Russian national biathlin team, is seen here prior to the Olympic Ball of Russia 2014 in the State Kremlin Palace, Moscow.30.05.2014#2440745
Larisa Latynina, Merited Master of Sport, international category referee, educator, nine-time Olympic champion in gymnastics, is seen here prior to the Olympic Ball of Russia 2014 in the State Kremlin Palace, Moscow.30.05.2014#2440744
Larisa Latynina, Merited Master of Sport, international category referee , instructor, nine-time Olympic champion in gymnastics, is seen here prior to the Olympic Ball of Russia 2014 in the State Kremlin Palace, Moscow.30.05.2014#2440743
Sergei Ivanov, Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office, presents memorial rings to Olympic biathlon champions at the Olympic Ball of Russia 2014 in the State Kremlin Palace, Moscow.30.05.2014#2440740
Sergei Ivanov, Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office, presents memorial rings to Olympic biathlon champions at the Olympic Ball of Russia 2014 in the State Kremlin Palace, Moscow.30.05.2014#2440735
Sergei Ivanov, Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office, speaks at the Olympic Ball of Russia 2014 in the State Kremlin Palace, Moscow.30.05.2014#2440734
President of the Russian Tennis Federation Shamil Tarpischev speaks at the Olympic Ball of Russia 2014 in the State Kremlin Palace, Moscow.30.05.2014#2440733
Chairperson of the Federation Council Valentina Matviyenko speaks at the Olympic Ball of Russia 2014 in the State Kremlin Palace, Moscow.30.05.2014#2440732
Alexander Zhukov, President of the Russian Olympic Committee, speaks at the Olympic Ball of Russia 2014 in the State Kremlin Palace, Moscow.30.05.2014#2440731
Alexander Zhukov, President of the Russian Olympic Committee, speaks at the Olympic Ball of Russia 2014 in the State Kremlin Palace, Moscow.30.05.2014#2440730
Alexander Zhukov, President of the Russian Olympic Committee, speaks at the Olympic Ball of Russia 2014 in the State Kremlin Palace, Moscow.30.05.2014#2440729
Sergei Ivanov, Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office, speaks at the Olympic Ball of Russia 2014 in the State Kremlin Palace, Moscow.30.05.2014#2440728
Sergei Ivanov, Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office, speaks at the Olympic Ball of Russia 2014 in the State Kremlin Palace, Moscow.30.05.2014#2440727
Sergei Ivanov, Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office, speaks at the Olympic Ball of Russia 2014 in the State Kremlin Palace, Moscow.30.05.2014#2440726
Olympic figure skating champion Evgeni Plushenko prior to the Olympic Ball of Russia 2014 in the State Kremlin Palace, Moscow.30.05.2014#2440713
Alexander Zhukov, President of the Russian Olympic Committee, speaks at the Olympic Ball of Russia 2014 in the State Kremlin Palace, Moscow.30.05.2014#2440705
Olympic figure skating champions Adelina Sotnikova and Evgeni Plushenko prior to the Olympic Ball of Russia 2014 in the State Kremlin Palace, Moscow.30.05.2014#2440704
Olympic figure skating champion Adelina Sotnikova prior to the Olympic Ball of Russia 2014 in the State Kremlin Palace, Moscow.30.05.2014#2440703
Olympic champion in biathlon Alexander Tikhonov speaks during the annual Olympic Ball of Russia 2014 at the State Kremlin Palace.30.05.2014#2440655
Head of the Russian Presidential Administration Sergei Ivanov speaks during the annual Olympic Ball of Russia 2014 at the State Kremlin Palace.30.05.2014#2440654
President of the Russian Olympic Committee Alexander Zhukov speaks during the annual Olympic Ball of Russia 2014 at the State Kremlin Palace.30.05.2014#2440622
