OREANDA-NEWS. March 20, 2008. In his telegram to Ivan Tcherezov, Mr Putin said, in particular:

“I am sure that your true sporting character and your ability to fight to the end will help you to continue to defend worthily Russia’s sporting honour in the future”.

In his telegram to Svetlana Sleptsova, the President said, in particular:

“This is your debut in the national team but you have already achieved impressive results and I am sure that you have an outstanding sporting career ahead”.