Ballet dancer Diana Vishneva, right, hands over the Olympic flame to bobsleigh racer and TV host Irina Skovrtsova during the launch of the Olympic torch relay in Moscow.06.10.2013#2296645
Ballet dancer Diana Vishneva carries a torch during the launch of the Olympic torch relay in Moscow.06.10.2013#2296644
Ballet dancer Diana Vishneva carries a torch during the launch of the Olympic torch relay in Moscow.06.10.2013#2296643
Ballet dancer Diana Vishneva carries a torch during the launch of the Olympic torch relay in Moscow.06.10.2013#2296642
Ballet dancer Diana Vishneva carries a torch during the launch of the Olympic torch relay in Moscow.06.10.2013#2296636
School student Olesya Pokrovskaya and metro train operator Andrei Ulyanov at the launch of the Sochi 2014 Olympic torch relay on Moscow's Red Square.06.10.2013#2296629
Hero of Russia, military pilot Ivan Nechayev carries the Olympic flame at the launch of the Sochi 2014 Olympic torch relay on Moscow's Red Square.06.10.2013#2296625
School student Olesya Pokrovskaya, holder of the EMERCOM medal Unity for the Sake of Rescue, carries the Olympic flame at the launch of the Sochi 2014 Olympic torch relay on Moscow's Red Square.06.10.2013#2296622
Hero of the USSR and WWII veteran Boris Runov, left, hands on the Olympic flame to Hero of Russia, military pilot Ivan Nechaev at the launch of the Sochi 2014 Olympic torch relay on Moscow's Red Square.06.10.2013#2296621
Hero of the USSR and WWII veteran Boris Runov, left, hands on the Olympic flame to Hero of Russia, military pilot Ivan Nechaev at the launch of the Sochi 2014 Olympic torch relay on Moscow's Red Square.06.10.2013#2296620
School student Olesya Pokrovskaya, holder of the EMERCOM medal Unity for the Sake of Rescue, hands on the Olympic flame to Hero of the USSR, WWII participant Boris Runov at the launch of the Sochi 2014 Olympic torch relay on Moscow's Red Square.06.10.2013#2296617
Russian President Vladimir Putin, foreground, on Red Square during the start of the Olympic torch relay. From left in background: Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak, the reigning Prince of Monaco Albert II, President of the Russian Olympic Committee, Deputy Chairman of the Russian State Duma Alexander Zhukov, Ambassador of the Olympic Games in Sochi, 6-time Olympic speed skating gold medalist Lydia Skoblikova, president of ANO Organizing Committee of Sochi-2014 Dmitry Chernyshenko. On Red Square during the start of the Olympic torch relay.06.10.2013#2296616
Metro train operator Andrei Ulyanov, holder of the Order for Services to the Fatherland, 2nd Rank, carries the Olympic flame at the launch of the Sochi 2014 Olympic torch relay on Moscow's Red Square.06.10.2013#2296615
Ballet dancer Diana Vishneva carries the Olympic flame at the launch of the Sochi 2014 Olympic torch relay on Moscow's Red Square.06.10.2013#2296613
Ballet dancer Diana Vishneva carries the Olympic flame at the launch of the Sochi 2014 Olympic torch relay on Moscow's Red Square.06.10.2013#2296612
Young virtuoso pianist Daniil Kharitonov, left, hands on the Olympic flame to ballet dancer Diana Vishneva at the launch of the Sochi 2014 Olympic torch relay on Moscow's Red Square.06.10.2013#2296610
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right foreground, during the ceremony lighting the Olympic flame on Red Square. From left foreground - figure skaters Lina Fedorova and Maxim Miroshkin.06.10.2013#2296609
Piano prodigy Daniel Kharitonov, left, passes the torch with the Olympic flame to ballerina Diana Vishneva during the start of the Olympic torch relay in Moscow.06.10.2013#2296606
Pianist prodigy Daniel Kharitonov carries a torch during the launch of the Olympic torch relay in Moscow.06.10.2013#2296596
Russian President Vladimir Putin during the ceremony lighting the Olympic flame on Red Square.06.10.2013#2296594
Shavarsh Karapetyan, Master of Sports in underwater swimming, hands the Olympic flame over to Paralympic athlete Alexei Ashapatov, left, during the launch of the Olympic torch relay in Moscow.06.10.2013#2296592
Russian President Vladimir Putin during the ceremony lighting the Olympic flame on Red Square.06.10.2013#2296591
Paralympic athlete Alexei Ashapatov, left, hands over the Olympic flame to pianist prodigy Daniel Kharitonov.06.10.2013#2296589
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, on Red Square during the start of the Olympic torch relay.06.10.2013#2296587
Paralympic athlete Alexei Ashapatov carries a torch during the launch of the Olympic torch relay in Moscow.06.10.2013#2296585
Figure skaters Lina Fyodorova and Maxim Miroshkin carry the Olympic flame at the launch of the Sochi 2014 Olympic torch relay on Moscow's Red Square.06.10.2013#2296584
Master of sports in streamline swimming Shavarsh Karapetyan, right, hands on the Olympic flame to Paralympic athlete Alexei Ashapatov at the launch of the Sochi 2014 Olympic torch relay on Moscow's Red Square.06.10.2013#2296583
Paralympic athlete Alexei Ashapatov at the launch of the Sochi 2014 Olympic torch relay on Moscow's Red Square.06.10.2013#2296581
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Red Square during the start of the Olympic torch relay.06.10.2013#2296569
Russian President Vladimir Putin lights a cauldron with the Olympic flame on Red Square.06.10.2013#2296566
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozk, left, and President of the Russian Olympic Committee and State Duma Deputy Speaker Alexander Zhukov at the launch of the Sochi 2014 Olympic torch relay on Moscow's Red Square.06.10.2013#2296561
Mikhail Kusnirovich, left, chairman of the Committee for the Strategic Development of Gum and chairman of the Bosco di Ciliegi Supervisory Council, and Presidential Adviser Igor Levitin at the launch of the Sochi 2014 Olympic torch relay on Moscow's Red Square.06.10.2013#2296555
A brass band at the launch of the Sochi 2014 Olympic torch relay on Moscow's Red Square.06.10.2013#2296549
Mikhail Kusnirovich, right, chairman of the Committee for the Strategic Development of Gum and chairman of the Bosco di Ciliegi Supervisory Council, at the launch of the Sochi 2014 Olympic torch relay on Moscow's Red Square.06.10.2013#2296523