The President’s message reads, in part:
“Your skill, confident teamwork, and ability to set your sights on success helped you to achieve this marvellous victory and write a memorable new page in Russian sports history”.
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Congratulations to Yekaterina Makarova and Yelena Vesnina on their gold medals in women’s tennis doubles at the 2016 Olympics
Vladimir Putin congratulated Yekaterina Makarova and Yelena Vesnina on their gold medals in the women’s doubles tennis event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil).