![Spectators arrive for the XXII Olympic Winter Games opening](https://img.sputnikimages.com/images/vol1%2Fmedia%2Foriginal%2Fold%2F236%2F06%2F2360629_hires_0%3A0%3A0%3A0_1400x1000_80_10_1_QWxleGV5IEZpbGlwcG92ICMyMzYwNjI5_116%3A95_sputnik-2360629-preview_be1919384a76458d300700330b001894.jpg)
![Spectators arrive for the XXII Olympic Winter Games opening](https://img.sputnikimages.com/images/vol1%2Fmedia%2Foriginal%2Fold%2F236%2F06%2F2360629_hires_0%3A0%3A0%3A0_1400x1000_80_10_1_QWxleGV5IEZpbGlwcG92ICMyMzYwNjI5_116%3A95_sputnik-2360629-preview_be1919384a76458d300700330b001894.jpg)
Federation Council Chairwoman Valentina Matviyenko (center) before the beginning of the opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.
- Categories: Sports, Politics, Arts, Culture & Entertainment
- Location: Sochi, Krasnodar region, Russia
- Event date: 07.02.2014
- Date published: 07.02.2014
- Author: Alexey Filippov
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 3060x2085px, 2.2Mb