03.02 RIA Novosti opens media center for unaccredited journalists in Sochi

MOSCOW, February 3 (RIA Novosti) –  On Monday, February 3, RIA Novosti opens in Sochi a 24-hour media center for journalists without accreditation from the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

Director of the RIA Novosti International Multimedia Press Center Olga Koleva said the main goal of the project is to keep unaccredited journalists informed of what’s going on at the Olympics.

The Sochi Media Center for unaccredited journalists has 288 work places, three conference halls, and meeting rooms with all the information and technological services necessary to provide up-to-the-minute coverage of the Games at all hours of the day. All Olympic events will be broadcast at the center. A mobile application for the Sochi Media Center’s site and sms-service for journalists will be launched as soon as the center opens.

The Sochi Media Center will allow all guests of the RIA Novosti International Multimedia Press Center in Moscow to watch public events and news conferences on the Olympics and take part in Sochi-Moscow video conferences.

Several exhibitions will take place in the Sochi Media Center, such as the Russian Grand Prix Formula-1 exhibition and the Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library multimedia display. The Joint Information Center and RIA Novosti will hold a joint photo exhibition Best in Sports. The core display will feature 30 photos by RIA Novosti photographers, including such well-known names as Vladimir Pesnya, Grigory Sysoyev, Alexander Vilf and Vladimir Astapkovich. New photos from the Sochi Olympics will be regularly added to the display.