Russian Railways signs on as official sponsor for Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics
Participating in this sponsorship deal:
About Sponsor:
The Russian Railways (RZhD), Rossiyskie zheleznye dorogi (RZhD)), is the government owned national rail carrier of the Russian Federation, headquartered in Moscow.[1] The Russian Railways operate over 86,000 km (53,000 mi) of common carrier routes as well as a few hundred kilometers of industrial routes, making it the second largest network in the world exceeded only by the United States.[2] The Railways also are one of the largest companies in the world employing 950,000 people and is also a monopoly within Russia.[3] The Russian Railways were created in 1992, to take over existing lines within Russia from the Soviet Union.
About Property:
The 2014 Winter Olympics, officially the XXII Olympic Winter Games, or the 22nd Winter Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event scheduled to be celebrated from 7 to 23 February 2014, in Sochi city, the Russian Federation with some events held in the resort town of Krasnaya Polyana. Both the Olympic and Paralympic Games are being organized by the Sochi Organizing Committee . The 2014 Winter Olympics are the first Olympics for the Russian Federation, as the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow were in the 'then' Soviet Union.