The Olympic courses for alpine skiing disciplines are open at one of the key venues of the Olympic Games in Sochi-2014, the new alpine centre Rosa Khutor (Sochi, Krasnaya Polyana). The six courses are open as the part of the completion of the first stage of the resort construction. The day before the International Ski Federation (FIS) confirmed the approval and issued the certificates of homologation of the following race courses at the alpine centre Rosa Khutor: Downhill (men and ladies), Slalom (men and ladies), Super G (men and ladies). The first test events at the Rosa Khutor the Russian Cup (February 9 to13)and one of the European Cup series (February 15 to 26) in Alpine skiing in February 2011 will be held at these courses.

Vladimir Potanin and Mikhail Prokhorov finished a series of deals terminating their mutual trust and released each other from mutual claims. Entities close to M. Prokhorov purchased all OPIN shares owned by V.Potanins entities.

Vladimir Potanin, president of Interros, has sent a proposal to Rusal chairman Viktor Vekselberg to start negotiations on buying of Norilsk Nickel shares owned by the aluminium company. Vladimir Potanin is ready to head a pool of investors which may include on board Interros, Norilsk Nickel Pension Fund, MMC itself, as well as a number of Russian and western financial investors. In the address to Mr. Vekselberg the sum of $9 bn is presented as a market price of the above-mentioned shares.

Interros believes that the publicity campaign waged by the United Company Rusal during the past few months against the shareholders, management and independent directors of OJSC MMC Norilsk Nickel (Norilsk) is unjustified and aimed solely at furthering the interests of Rusal.

Interros nominates the following candidates to the Board of Directors of Norilsk Nickel for the EGM on October 21: Boris Bakal, Andrey Bougrov, Oleg Deripaska, Marianna Zakharova, Andrey Klishas, Dmitry Kostoev, Bradford Alan Mills, Oleg Pivovarchuk, Maxim Sokov, Vladislav Soloviev, Vladimir Strzhalkovsky, Vasily Titov, John Gerard Holden. Thus Interros reaffirms, that it is satisfied with the results of the AGM of Norilsk Nickel on June 28, and sees no sense in reelecting the Board.