OREANDA-NEWS. November 3, 2010. The Ingosstrakh insurance company has started informing its clients and partners on a possibility to offer their mascot ideas for the Sochi Games 2014. For these purposes the Ingosstrakh Internet site, regional offices and sale outlets have been involved. In total until December 5, 2010, that is until the end of the period for applying for participation in the All-Russia Olympic and Paralympic Games mascot contest in Sochi, the company intends to distribute over 30,000 application forms. In these forms one's view of the Games 2014 mascot may be expressed and sent to the organizers’ address. 323 Ingosstrakh offices across Russia, including 47 in Moscow and 32 in the Moscow region, will be involved in the contest promotion campaign. Reference information on the mascot ideas contest will be placed in all offices of the company. 

According to the Ingosstrakh vice-president Ilya Solomatin, the insurer is prepared for operative and complex usage of its resources and opportunities so that the largest possible number of those interested in the contest could take part in it. The mascots will be very important symbols both within the country and abroad, for many years they will associate with Russia. That is why it is important that the mascots become truly national, capable to inspire, unite and to reveal our national character, unlimited potential, cultural traditions.

Any person irrespective of citizenship may take part in All-Russia mascot contest for the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Sochi (http://talisman.sochi2014.ru). For this it is necessary to sent one’s own work of art with a picture of the mascot and the filled out form to the Sochi 2014 organizing committee through the web-site of the contest or by mail. The winner will be chosen on February 7, 2011 by the nation-wide SMS and telephone voting. The results of the votes will be announced in a live broadcast.