The President will make a tour of several sports infrastructure facilities, including the Sopka multipurpose sports centre and the Platinum Arena Krasnoyarsk sports and entertainment centre and will also chair a meeting on preparations for the Winter Universiade 2019.
Vladimir Putin is also to meet with the junior team of FC Totem Krasnoyarsk, which has children from Krasnoyarsk Orphanage No. 1. Since 2011, the Totem junior team has won several World Cup championships of children from care homes, held in Warsaw.
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The 29th Winter Universiade will be held in Krasnoyarsk on March 2–12, 2019. Young athletes will compete for 76 medals in 11 sports. The city is preparing 34 sports, transportation and medical infrastructure facilities for the games.