A month before the International Olympic Committee (IOC) inspectors arrive in Moscow, Moscow’s deputy mayor Valery Shantsev said the city is prepared to host the Games and to guarantee its security.
Shantsev said, during the 2012 Games security in Moscow would be maintained by 37,000 police, 12,000 volunteers and 10,000 agents of private detective and security agencies. “We know our capabilities and we shall do everything in our power to help Moscow win the Olympic bid”.
He said he is confident that by 2012 five beltways will be built and measures to reduce the level of hazardous exhausts will improve the ecological situation in the city.
Meanwhile Duma Speaker Boris Gryzlov told reporters Thursday that Moscow expects that the IOC will support its 2012 bid.
The lower house of parliament sent a letter to IOC President Jacques Rogge on Thursday, emphasizing Moscow’s “rich experience in organizing different international sports competitions”.
In the letter Gryzlov noted that Duma deputies are ready to render all possible assistance in arrangements for and holding of the 2012 Games in Moscow. He also stressed that both the federal bodies of authority and local self-governments support the Moscow 2012 bid.
According to Gryzlov, there are already 70 per cent of the sports facilities needed to host the Games, which would minimize the cost of the Games.
The IOC Evaluation Commission will be in Moscow arch 14 to 17 for its bid inspection.
