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Putin Prize to Be Offered in Martial Arts Contest in London
http://en.ria.ru/russia/20140128/186989466/Putin-Prize-to-be-Offered-in-Martial-Arts-Contest-in-London.html
Putin Prize to Be Offered in Martial Arts Contest in London
LONDON, January 28 (R-Sport) – A martial arts tournament in honor of Russia’s President Vladimir Putin is set to be held in London in October, organizers say.
The tournament in the Russian martial art of sambo, which is little known in Britain, is described as offering “prizes of the Russian President Vladimir Putin.”
The competition will be “sporting diplomacy,” according to Vasily Shestakov, who is the head of sambo’s world governing body FIAS and a Russian politician with close links to Putin.
At a meeting to launch the event Monday, the Russian ambassador to Britain, Alexander Yakovenko, said: “British art is welcomed cordially in Russia. We know that Russian cultural traditions are welcome in Britain. I believe that our peoples will only benefit from the strengthening of cultural and human relations.”
Putin has a black belt in judo and was presented with an honorary ninth-degree black belt in taekwondo, the highest rank possible, during a visit to South Korea in November. He regularly attends martial arts events and visited the London 2012 Olympic judo competition with British Prime Minister David Cameron.
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Putin Prize to Be Offered in Martial Arts Contest in London
LONDON, January 28 (R-Sport) – A martial arts tournament in honor of Russia’s President Vladimir Putin is set to be held in London in October, organizers say.
The tournament in the Russian martial art of sambo, which is little known in Britain, is described as offering “prizes of the Russian President Vladimir Putin.”
The competition will be “sporting diplomacy,” according to Vasily Shestakov, who is the head of sambo’s world governing body FIAS and a Russian politician with close links to Putin.
At a meeting to launch the event Monday, the Russian ambassador to Britain, Alexander Yakovenko, said: “British art is welcomed cordially in Russia. We know that Russian cultural traditions are welcome in Britain. I believe that our peoples will only benefit from the strengthening of cultural and human relations.”
Putin has a black belt in judo and was presented with an honorary ninth-degree black belt in taekwondo, the highest rank possible, during a visit to South Korea in November. He regularly attends martial arts events and visited the London 2012 Olympic judo competition with British Prime Minister David Cameron.
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