IOC President Thomas Bach, left, and conductor Valery Gergiev, artistic director of the Mariinsky Theater, at a reception held by IOC President for leaders of the nations participating in the 2014 Olympics at Radisson Blu Hotel, Sochi.06.02.2014#2359207
February 6, 2014. President Vladimir Putin (left) and Prince of Monaco Albert II (right) at the reception given by IOC President for the leaders of the participants in the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi's Radisson Blue hotel.06.02.2014#2359202
U.N. Secretary general Ban Ki-moon, left, and IOC President Thomas Bach at a reception held by IOC President for leaders of the nations participating in the 2014 Olympics at Radisson Blu Hotel, Sochi.06.02.2014#2359197
President of the Russian NOC Alexander Zhukov at a reception held by IOC President for leaders of the nations participating in the 2014 Olympics at Radisson Blue Hotel, Sochi.06.02.2014#2359193
From right: conductor Valery Gergiev, artistic director of the Mariinsky Theater; opera singer Anna Netrebko, and IOC President Thomas Bach, at a reception held by IOC President for leaders of the nations participating in the 2014 Olympics at Radisson Blu Hotel, Sochi.06.02.2014#2359182
IOC President Thomas Bach, left, his wife Claudia, and conductor Valery Gergiev, artistic director of the Mariinsky Theater, at a reception held by IOC President for leaders of the nations participating in the 2014 Olympics at Radisson Blu Hotel, Sochi.06.02.2014#2359180
6 February 2014. Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak at a reception held by IOC President for leaders of the nations participating in the 2014 Olympics at Radisson Blu Hotel, Sochi.06.02.2014#2359176
February 6, 2014. IOC President Thomas Bach and his wife Claudia at his reception for VIPs of the participating countries of the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi's Radisson Blue hotel.06.02.2014#2359171
Conductor Valery Gergiev, artistic director of the Mariinsky Theater, and Valentina Tereshkova, deputy chairperson of the State Duma's Committee on INternational Affairs, front, at a reception held by IOC President for leaders of the nations participating in the 2014 Olympics at Radisson Blu Hotel, Sochi.06.02.2014#2359167
From right: U.N. Secretary general Ban Ki-moon and his wife, IOC President Thomas Bach, his wife Claudia at a reception held by IOC President for leaders of the nations participating in the 2014 Olympics at Radisson Blu Hotel, Sochi.06.02.2014#2359156
IOC President Thomas Bach, center, his wife Claudia and Vladislav Tretyak, member of the State Duma's Committee on Fitness, Sport and Youth Affairs, at a reception held by IOC President for leaders of the nations participating in the 2014 Olympics at Radisson Blu Hotel, Sochi.06.02.2014#2359153
IOC President Thomas Bach, left, his wife Claudia and Vladislav Tretyak, member of the State Duma's Committee on Fitness, Sport and Youth Affairs, at a reception held by IOC President for leaders of the nations participating in the 2014 Olympics at Radisson Blu Hotel, Sochi.06.02.2014#2359151
IOC President Thomas Bach at a reception held by IOC President for leaders of the nations participating in the 2014 Olympics at Radisson Blu Hotel, Sochi, February 6, 2014.06.02.2014#2359146
IOC President Thomas Bach at a reception held by IOC President for leaders of the nations participating in the 2014 Olympics at Radisson Blu Hotel, Sochi, February 6, 2014.06.02.2014#2359143
IOC President Thomas Bach speaks at a reception held by IOC President for leaders of the nations participating in the 2014 Olympics at Radisson Blu Hotel, Sochi, February 6, 2014.06.02.2014#2359131
IOC President Thomas Bach speaks at a reception held by IOC President for leaders of the nations participating in the 2014 Olympics at Radisson Blu Hotel, Sochi, February 6, 2014.06.02.2014#2359129
IOC President Thomas Bach speaks at a reception held by IOC President for leaders of the nations participating in the 2014 Olympics at Radisson Blu Hotel, Sochi, February 6, 2014.06.02.2014#2359127
Russian President Vladimir Putin, third right, speaks at a reception held by IOC President for leaders of the nations participating in the 2014 Olympics at Radisson Blu Hotel, Sochi, February 6, 2014.06.02.2014#2359126
Russian President Vladimir Putin, second left, IOC President Thomas Bach, third right, and his wife Claudia, left, at a reception held by IOC President for leaders of the nations participating in the 2014 Olympics at Radisson Blu Hotel, Sochi, February 6, 2014. At right is Chinese President Xi Jinping with his wife.06.02.2014#2359124
From right: Russian President Vladimir Putin, front, at a reception held by IOC President for leaders of the nations participating in the 2014 Olympics at Radisson Blu Hotel, Sochi, February 6, 2014.06.02.2014#2359119
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at a reception held by IOC President for leaders of the nations participating in the 2014 Olympics at Radisson Blu Hotel, Sochi, February 6, 2014.06.02.2014#2359116
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at a reception held by IOC President for leaders of the nations participating in the 2014 Olympics at Radisson Blu Hotel, Sochi, February 6, 2014.06.02.2014#2359108
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at a reception held by IOC President for leaders of the nations participating in the 2014 Olympics at Radisson Blu Hotel, Sochi, February 6, 2014.06.02.2014#2359104
Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, at a reception held by IOC President for leaders of the nations participating in the 2014 Olympics at Radisson Blu Hotel, Sochi, February 6, 2014.06.02.2014#2359101
IOC President Thomas Bach, right, and former German Chancellor Gerhard Schoeder at a reception held by IOC President for leaders of the nations participating in the 2014 Olympics at Radisson Blu Hotel, Sochi, February 6, 2014.06.02.2014#2359096
IOC President Thomas Bach, right, and President of the Russian NOC Alexander Zhukov at a reception held by IOC President for leaders of the nations participating in the 2014 Olympics at Radisson Blu Hotel, Sochi, February 6, 2014.06.02.2014#2359094
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Prince of Monaco Albert II, right, talk at a reception held by IOC President for leaders of the nations participating in the 2014 Olympics at Radisson Blu Hotel, Sochi, February 6, 2014.06.02.2014#2359091
From right: Russian President Vladimir Putin, IOC President Thomas Bach, and his wife Claudia at a reception held by IOC President for leaders of the nations participating in the 2014 Olympics at Radisson Blu Hotel, Sochi, February 6, 2014.06.02.2014#2359081
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and IOC President Thomas Bach at a reception held by IOC President for leaders of the nations participating in the 2014 Olympics at Radisson Blu Hotel, Sochi, February 6, 2014.06.02.2014#2359078
IOC President Thomas Bach at a reception held by IOC President for leaders of the nations participating in the 2014 Olympics at Radisson Blu Hotel, Sochi, February 6, 2014.06.02.2014#2359070
From left in the background: Russian President Vladimir Putin, President of Iceland Olafur Grimsson, and Prince of Monaco Albert II, front, at a reception held by IOC President for leaders of the nations participating in the 2014 Olympics at Radisson Blu Hotel, Sochi, February 6, 2014.06.02.2014#2359063
From left in the background: Russian President Vladimir Putin, IOC President Thomas Bach, and Prince of Monaco Albert II, front, at a reception held by IOC President for leaders of the nations participating in the 2014 Olympics at Radisson Blu Hotel, Sochi, February 6, 2014.06.02.2014#2359058
From left: Russian President Vladimir Putin, IOC President Thomas Bach, and Prince of Monaco Albert II at a reception held by IOC President for leaders of the nations participating in the 2014 Olympics at Radisson Blu Hotel, Sochi, February 6, 2014.06.02.2014#2359050
From right: Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at a reception held by IOC President for leaders of the nations participating in the 2014 Olympics at Radisson Blu Hotel, Sochi, February 6, 2014.06.02.2014#2359049
From right: U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, IOC President Thomas Bach, and his wife Claudia, at a reception held by IOC President for leaders of the nations participating in the 2014 Olympics at Radisson Blu Hotel, Sochi, February 6, 2014.06.02.2014#2359047
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and IOC President Thomas Bach at a reception held by IOC President for leaders of the nations participating in the 2014 Olympics at Radisson Blu Hotel, Sochi, February 6, 2014.06.02.2014#2359044
IOC President Thomas Bach speaks at a reception held by IOC President for leaders of the nations participating in the 2014 Olympics at Radisson Blu Hotel, Sochi, February 6, 2014.06.02.2014#2359021
From right: President of the Lithuanian NOC Daina Gudzinevičiūtė, Prime Minister of Lithuania Algirdas Butkevičius, his wife Janina, IOC President Thomas Bach, and his wife Claudia at a reception held by IOC President for leaders of the nations participating in the 2014 Olympics at Radisson Blu Hotel, Sochi, February 6, 2014.06.02.2014#2358997
From right: IOC President Thomas Bach, his wife Claudia, and President of Iceland Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson at a reception held by IOC President for leaders of the nations participating in the 2014 Olympics at Radisson Blu Hotel, Sochi, February 6, 2014.06.02.2014#2358977
IOC President Thomas Bach, left, and President of Montenegro Filip Vujanović at a reception held by IOC President for leaders of the nations participating in the 2014 Olympics at Radisson Blu Hotel, Sochi.06.02.2014#2358962
from right: conductor Valery Gergiev, artistic director of the Mariinsky Theater; opera singer Anna Netrebko, IOC President Thomas Bach, and his wife Claudia at a reception held by IOC President for leaders of the nations participating in the 2014 Olympics at Radisson Blu Hotel, Sochi.06.02.2014#2358921
From right: Russian President Vladimir Putin, IOC President Thomas Bach, and his wife Claudia at a reception held by IOC President for leaders of the nations participating in the 2014 Olympics at Radisson Blu Hotel, Sochi, February 6, 2014.06.02.2014#2358906
6 February 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and IOC President Thomas Bach at a reception held by IOC President for leaders of the nations participating in the 2014 Olympics at Radisson Blu Hotel, Sochi.06.02.2014#2358899
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and IOC President Thomas Bach at a reception held by IOC President for leaders of the nations participating in the 2014 Olympics at Radisson Blu Hotel, Sochi, February 6, 2014.06.02.2014#2358896
IOC President Thomas Bach, left, and conductor Valery Gergiev, artistic director of the Mariinsky Theater, at a reception held by IOC President for leaders of the nations participating in the 2014 Olympics at Radisson Blu Hotel, Sochi.06.02.2014#2358888
From right: Violinist and composer Vanessa Mae, IOC President Thomas Bach, and his wife Claudia at a reception held by IOC President for leaders of the nations participating in the 2014 Olympics at Radisson Blu Hotel, Sochi.06.02.2014#2358883
Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, and IOC President Thomas Bach at a reception held by IOC President for leaders of the nations participating in the 2014 Olympics at Radisson Blu Hotel, Sochi.06.02.2014#2358873
From right: Chinese President Xi Jinping, IOC President Thomas Bach, and his wife Claudia at a reception held by IOC President for leaders of the nations participating in the 2014 Olympics at Radisson Blu Hotel, Sochi.06.02.2014#2358868
IOC President Thomas Bach, right, Presdient of the Russian NOC Alexander Zhukov at a reception held by IOC President for leaders of the nations participating in the 2014 Olympics at Radisson Blu Hotel, Sochi.06.02.2014#2358855
From right: IOC President Thomas Bach, his wife Claudia, and former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder at a reception held by IOC President for leaders of the nations participating in the 2014 Olympics at Radisson Blu Hotel, Sochi.06.02.2014#2358851
From right: Elena Isinbayeva, Mayor of the Olympic village in Sochi, IOC President Thomas Bach, and his wife Claudia at a reception held by IOC President for leaders of the nations participating in the 2014 Olympics at Radisson Blu Hotel, Sochi.06.02.2014#2358837
IOC President Thomas Bach, left, and President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan at a reception held by IOC President for leaders of the nations participating in the 2014 Olympics at Radisson Blu Hotel, Sochi.06.02.2014#2358825
From right: Serbia's President Tomislav Nikolic, IOC President Thomas Bach, his wife Claudia, left, and President of the Serbian NOC Vlade Divac at a reception held by IOC President for leaders of the nations participating in the 2014 Olympics at Radisson Blu Hotel, Sochi.06.02.2014#2358815
IOC President Thomas Bach, left, and Vladislav Tretyak, member of the State Duma's Committee on Fitness, Sport and Youth Affairs, at a reception held by IOC President for leaders of the nations participating in the 2014 Olympics at Radisson Blu Hotel, Sochi.06.02.2014#2358805
IOC President Thomas Bach, left, and Vladislav Tretyak, member of the State Duma's Committee on Fitness, Sport and Youth Affairs, at a reception held by IOC President for leaders of the nations participating in the 2014 Olympics at Radisson Blu Hotel, Sochi.06.02.2014#2358799
From right: Latvia's President Andris Berzinsš, IOC President Thomas Bach, his wife Claudia and President of the Latvian NOC Aldonis Vrublevskis at a reception held by IOC President for leaders of the nations participating in the 2014 Olympics at Radisson Blu Hotel, Sochi.06.02.2014#2358785
