From left: Mintimer Shaimiyev, state adviser to the president of Tatarstan, Tatarstan Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov, Svetlana Dyomina, Merited Master of Sports, world and Europe shooting champion, and Farid Mikhametshin, chairman of the Tatarstan State Council, light the Olympic Cauldron at Kazan Arena Stadium.31.12.2013#2344653
From left: Kazan Mayor Ilsur Metshin, State Adviser to the President of the Republic of Tatarstan Mintimer Shaimiyev and world champion in shooting, European champion and Merited Master of Sports Svetlana Demina during the Olympic torch relay in the Kazan Arena.31.12.2013#2344651
From left: Kazan Mayor Ilsur Metshin, State Adviser to the President of the Republic of Tatarstan Mintimer Shaimiyev and world champion in shooting, European champion and Merited Master of Sports Svetlana Demina during the Olympic torch relay in the Kazan Arena.31.12.2013#2344647
World champion in shooting, European champion and Merited Master of Sports Svetlana Dyomina during the Olympic torch relay in Kazan.31.12.2013#2344646
Torchbearers Irina Tatarinova and Nail Sharifzyanov during the Olympic torch relay by the Kazan family center in Kazan.31.12.2013#2344639
Torchbearer Denis Kalinkin during the Olympic torch relay by the Kul Sharif mosque in Kazan.31.12.2013#2344635
A torchbearer during the Olympic torch relay by the Spaskaya Tower of the Kazan Kremlin.31.12.2013#2344630
Torchbearers during the Olympic torch relay by the Spasskaya Tower of the Kazan Kremlin.31.12.2013#2344628
Torchbearers Ilsur Karimullin, left, and Nikolai Makarov during the Olympic torch relay in the Kazan Kremlin.31.12.2013#2344625
Torchbearers Anna Vasilyeva and Vitaly Gorshkov during the Olympic torch relay by the Kul Sharif mosque in Kazan.31.12.2013#2344624
Torchbearer Maria Maximova during the Olympic torch relay near the Kul Sharif mosque in Kazan.31.12.2013#2344623
Torchbearers Denis Kalinkin and Maria Maximova during the Olympic torch relay near the Kul Sharif mosque in Kazan.31.12.2013#2344622
Torchbearers Ivan Prozorov and Elvira Kasimova during the Olympic torch relay near the Annunciation Cathedral in the Kazan Kremlin.31.12.2013#2344620
Torchbearers Alia Akhmetova and Denis Volkov during the Olympic torch relay near the Kazan Kremlin.31.12.2013#2344619
Reporter of the Sochi 2014 Organising Committee Valentina Volokita during the Olympic torch relay by the Ekiyat Puppet Theatre in Kazan.31.12.2013#2344605
Reporter of the Sochi 2014 Organising Committee Valentina Volokita, right, and torchbearer Konstantin Ponomaryov during the Olympic torch relay by the Ekiyat Puppet Theater in Kazan.31.12.2013#2344604
Minister of Communications and Mass Media Nikolai Nikiforov during the Olympic torch relay in Kazan.31.12.2013#2344602
Minister of Communications and Mass Media Nikolai Nikiforov, right, and torchbearer Alexander Cheremnov during the Olympic torch relay in Kazan.31.12.2013#2344601
Minister of Communications and Mass Media Nikolai Nikiforov during the Olympic torch relay in Kazan.31.12.2013#2344600
