The countdown to the start of the II CIS Games is given in Minsk

The symbolic button at the Sports Palace was pressed by Olympic medalists Ivan Tsikhan, Vanesa Kaladzinskaya, Daria Naumova and Anastasia Prokopenko.

The awards of the II CIS Games were presented in the Minsk City Hall. The equipment of the sports delegation of the Republic of Belarus, medical workers, doping control personnel and a volunteeres was presented.

The first branded souvenir products of Bellegprom for the II CIS Games will be on sale at the Republican holiday «Aleksandria Gathers Friends». This was told by the First Deputy Minister of Sports and Tourism Alexander Dorohovich.

He specified that other souvenirs would also be in abundance.

The II CIS Games will be held from 4 to 14 August in 11 cities of our country in 20 sports.