Alexei Nemov, four-time Olympic gold medal winner in artistic gymnastics and editor-in-chief of the 'Bolshoi Sport' magazine, and Sergei Andreyev, Togliatti Mayor, right, pictured during the Olympic torch relay in Togliatti.24.12.2013#2342250
Torchbearer Alexei Nemov, four-time Olympic gold medal winner in artistic gymnastics and editor-in-chief of the 'Bolshoi Sport' magazine, pictured during the Olympic torch relay in Togliatti.24.12.2013#2342248
Torchbearer Alexei Nemov, four-time Olympic gold medal winner in artistic gymnastics and editor-in-chief of the 'Bolshoi Sport' magazine, pictured during the Olympic torch relay in Togliatti.24.12.2013#2342247
Torchbearer Vladimir Pirozhkov, left, designer of Olympic torches for Sochi 2014 XXII Olympic Winter Games during the Olympic torch relay in Togliatti.24.12.2013#2342246
Torchbearer Vladimir Pirozhkov, designer of Olympic torches for Sochi 2014 XXII Olympic Winter Games during the Olympic torch relay in Togliatti.24.12.2013#2342240
Torchbearer Vladimir Pirozhkov, designer of Olympic torches for Sochi 2014 XXII Olympic Winter Games during the Olympic torch relay in Togliatti.24.12.2013#2342231
Torchbearer Marina Andrianova and torchbearer Vladimir Pirozhkov, designer of Olympic torches for Sochi 2014 XXII Olympic Winter Games during the Olympic torch relay in Togliatti.24.12.2013#2342227
World-class athlete in speedway Daniil Ivanov during the Olympic torch relay in Togliatti.24.12.2013#2342110
World-class athlete in speedway Daniil Ivanov during the Olympic torch relay in Togliatti.24.12.2013#2342105
Sergei Korkach torchbearer, head of Photo Information Department of RIA Novosti Web-based Media, during the Olympic torch relay in Togliatti.24.12.2013#2342104
Sergei Korkach torchbearer, head of Photo Information Department of RIA Novosti Web-based Media, during the Olympic torch relay in Togliatti.24.12.2013#2342097
Torchbearers Yelena Lopukhina and Sergei Kirkach during the Olympic torch relay in Togliatti.24.12.2013#2342072
Torch-bearer astronaut Mikhail Kornienko carries the flame during the Olympic torch relay in Syzran.24.12.2013#2342030
Mayor of Syzran Nikolai Kyadin, right, and torch-bearer Ranil Yuldashev, a member fo the Russian badminton Paralympic team, two-time vice champion of Europe, are seen here during the lighting of the Olympic cauldron in Syzran.24.12.2013#2342026
Nikolai Lyadin, Mayor of Syzran, at the ceremony of lighting the Olympic cauldron in Syzran.24.12.2013#2342025
Merited Master of Sport of the USSR Aleksandr Myasnikov, bronze winner of the 22nd Olympics, field hockey, and torch-bearer Yulia Baskakova during the Olympic torch relay in Syzran.24.12.2013#2342003
Merited Master of Sport of the USSR Aleksandr Myasnikov, bronze winner of the 22nd Olympics, field hockey, carries the Olympic flame during the Olympic torch relay in Syzran.24.12.2013#2341972
Merited Master of Sport of the USSR Aleksandr Myasnikov, right, bronze winner of the 22nd Olympics, field hockey, is seen here during the Olympic torch relay in Syzran.24.12.2013#2341930
Torch-bearers Nina Panteleyeva and Mikhail Kornienko pass the flame during the Olympic torch relay in Syzran.24.12.2013#2341882
Torch-bearers Nina Panteleyeva and Mikhail Kornienko take part in the Olympic torch relay, Syzran.24.12.2013#2341881