Saturday evening Russia's President Vladimir Putin visited the Plotforma S-70 annual international combat sambo tournament held in Sochi. Athletes from Russia, the United States, Lithuania, Brazil, Kazakhstan and France took part in the event. The Russian team prevailed in the majority of bouts.
9 August 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin (near left) attends the Plotforma S-70 annual international combat sambo tournament. Near right: Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev.
9 August 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin (second right) attends the Plotforma S-70 annual international combat sambo tournament with Armenia's President Serzh Sargsyan to his right and Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev (third right).
9 August 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin (center) attends the Plotforma S-70 annual international combat sambo tournament. Left: Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev; right: Armenia's President Serzh Sargsyan.
August 9, 2014. Participants of the fifth annual international combat sambo tournament Plotforma S-70.
9 August 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, at the awards ceremony for participants in the Plotforma S-70 annual international combat sambo tournament. From left: Russian boxer Alexander Povetkin, Sochi Mayor Anatoly Pakhomov, Jean-Claude Killy, who served as chairman of the IOC Coordination Commission for the Sochi Games, and Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.
9 August 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin, 3rd from right, at the awards ceremony for participants in the Plotforma S-70 annual international combat sambo tournament. Right - General director of the Sambo-70 Center for Sports and Education, Renat Laishev.
9 August 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, with participants in the Plotforma S-70 annual international combat sambo tournament after the awards ceremony. Second left in 3rd row - Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.
10 August 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin with the participants in the Plotforma S-70 annual international combat sambo tournament after the awards ceremony.
