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CONTENTS                                                                    1 COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATORS

1.    Communications Сoordinators           ISU COMMUNICATIONS AND MEDIA MANAGER
2.    National Organizational Committee     Ms. Selina Vanier
3.    Media Accreditation                   +41 21 612 66 76
4.    Event Schedule                        vanier@isu.ch
5.    Venue
5.1   Minsk
5.2   Minsk–Arena Multifunctional Complex
5.3   Ice Arena Plan                        NATIONAL MEDIA COORDINATOR         PRESS CENTER MANAGER
5.4   Press Center                          Natallia Aliokhina                 Irena Zakurdaeva
5.5   Press Conference Zone                 +375 29 551 78 76                  + 7 921 316 84 11
6.    Route Description                     ntwww@mail.ru                      zakurdaeva.irena@gmail.com
7.    Media Accommodation                   ASSISTANT
8.    Notes                                 Viktoriya Minchukova               PHOTO MANAGER
                                            +375 29 756 88 99                  Denis Kostyuchenko
                                                                               +375 29 663 90 28
                                                                               kostikalarm@tut.by

                                            MIXED AREA MANAGER                 PRESS CONFERENCE COORDINATOR
                                            Rudiger Lawal                      Kirill Karaban
                                                                               +375 25 920 68 74
                                            PRESS TRIBUNE MANAGER              karabankir@gmail.com
                                            Mariya Staroverova
                                            +7 903 163 76 11
                                            argentina-mar@mail.ru

                                            TV COORDINATOR, HOST BROADCAST REPRESENTATIVE
                                            Arsenij Yakovenko
                                            +375 29 763 73 11
                                            yakovenko.btrc@tut.by

                                            CHIEF TECHNICAL MANAGER OF THE BELTELERADIO COMPANY
                                            Aleksej Vashurin
                                            +375 29 190 69 03
                                            washjurine@tvr.by
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2 NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITTEE

CHAIRPERSON OF THE BELARUSIAN SKATING UNION
Yulia Komleva
+375 29 324 23 20
belskate2004@yahoo.com

ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITTEE COORDINATOR
Yulia Levshunova
+375 29 610 86 08
oc.eurofigurebelarus2019@gmail.com

CHAMPIONSHIP DIRECTOR
Sarkis Tevanyan
+48 501 288 593
sarkis@vp.pl

CHAMPIONSHIP SECRETARY
Oksana Smorodina
+7 961 755 79 73
oksana_402@mail.ru
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3 MEDIA ACCREDITATION

DISTRIBUTION CENTER IS SITUTAED IN THE MINSK–ARENA MULTIFUNCTIONAL   OPENING HOURS OF THE ACCREDITATION CENTER AT THE MINSK–ARENA
COMPLEX, ENTRANCE VIP 3                                              MULTIFUNCTIONAL COMPLEX (FOR MEDIA, OC AND VOLUNTEERS)

                                                                     18 –19 January Friday–Saturday   from 09:00 to 18:00
                                                                     20 January     Sunday            from 09:00 to 22:00
                                                                     21 January     Monday            from 08:00 to 22:00
                                                                     22 January     Tuesday           from 08:00 to 22:00
                                                                     23 January     Wednesday         from 08:00 to 22:00
                                                                     24 January     Thursday          from 08:00 to 22:00
                                                                     25 January     Friday            from 09:00 to 18:00
                                                                     26 January     Saturday          from 09:00 to 18:00
                                                                     27 January     Sunday            from 09:00 to 15:00
       VIP entrance 3

                                                                     The accreditation center (for media and volunteers) is located at the VIP3 entrance
                                                                     at the Minsk Arena (Main Rink).

                                                                     Accreditation will not be issued without presentation of a valid passport.
                                                                     It is required that you carry your accreditation with you at all time.

                                                                     CONTACT PERSON
                                                                     Evgeniya Tkachenko
                                                                     +375 29 355 36 93

                                                  VIP entrance 3     4 EVENT SCHEDULE
                                                                     www.isu.org/figure-skating/events/figure-skating-calendar/eventdetail/11802/33/
                                                                     isu-european-figure-skating-championships?templateParam=11
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5.1 MINSK

Minsk is the capital of Belarus and the biggest city of the country with more than 2 million     USEFUL INFORMATION
inhabitants. The first mention of the town of Minsk was in 1067, consequently it is older than   GENERAL INFORMATION
many European cities like Moscow and Stockholm. The city was practically fully destroyed
in the II World War and was rebuilt during the Soviet time. Nowadays Minsk is the cultural,      Currenc:           Belarusian ruble
educational, sports, political, scientific centre of the country.                                Currency rates:    1 US dollar – 2.16 belarusian rubles
                                                                                                                    1 euro – 2,49 belarusian rubles
                                                                                                 Time:              GMT +3
                                                                                                 Climate in Minsk: Average temperature in Minsk in January: -5°C
                                                                                                 Bank cards:        VISA and MasterCard
                                                                                                 Taxi               Phone: 107, 135, 152, 155, 157, 7788, 7565
                                                                                                 Car rental:        International driver license will be required when renting.
                                                                                                 Electricity:       The electric system in Belarus is 220V. Please, notice that a two–pin plug
                                                                                                 system is used.
                                                                                                 Smoking:           Smoking is not permitted indoors in public buildings, transport and other
                                                                                                 places open to the public, restaurants and bars, except special smoking zones.
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5.2 VENUE

MINSK–ARENA MULTIFUNCTIONAL COMPLEX                                                    The internal radius of its turn is 26 m, the width of the double track is more than 9 m.
                                                                                       The inner perimeter of the track is provided with ice bar 7 m at width for training.
The Minsk–Arena is the most prestigious sports and cultural complex in the country     Outer perimeter has a 3–meter rumble strip. There are also two tracks for curling and two
that includes three main objects:                                                      hockey pitches. The total area of ice at the stadium is about 10 thousand square meters.
•         the main arena for more than 15,000 spectators                               A half of it is occupied with a high-speed skating track.
•         a speed skating stadium for up to 3,000 spectators
•         avelodrome for 2,000 spectators                                              The skating stadium is also equipped with unique facilities — rooms of mountain air where
                                                                                       sportsmen can train under conditions of low atmospheric pressure and oxygen deficiency
The ultra–modern complex equipment of the Arena meets the highest professional         thus imitating the conditions of areas high above sea levels. There rooms have no analogues
standards and allows hosting any sports, cultural and entertainment events.            in the Republic of Belarus and they are unique and valuable due to their therapeutic
The main arena has already hosted the 2011 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Champion-      properties.
ships, the 2012 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, the 2014 Ice Hockey World
Championship, the 2015 AMF Futsal World Cup, the 2015 Rhythmic Gymnastics European     The major international competitions held on the speed skating stadium ice are
Championships etc.                                                                     the International Short Track Competition — Evo Cup (October 2012), the ISU Junior Grand
Moreover, a lot of cultural events such as the Rammstein, Scorpions, Limp Bizkit,      Prix of Figure Skating event (September 2013), the ISU Junior World Cup Speed Skating
Depeche Mode, 30 Seconds To Mars concerts etc.                                         event (November 2012, December 2014, November 2016), the ISU European Speed Skating
                                                                                       Championships (January 2016), the ISU World Cup Short Track event
The speed skating stadium in Minsk is the first indoor skating area in Belarus         (February 2017) etc.
with a 400–meter track. Its capacity is about 3000 people.
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5.3 ICE ARENA PLAN                                                                      5.4 PRESS CENTER

                     MEDIA ENTRANCE: VIP 2

                     Mixed zone is situated on the 1st floor near the media entrance.

                     The press center will be located on the 6th floor.
                     Media representatives will be able to use the elevator for the press and get to the press center
                     directly from the lobby VIP 2.

                     THE PRESS CENTER AND PRESS TRIBUNE ARE ACCESSIBLE DURING OFFICIAL
                     PRACTICE AND COMPETITION, BUT WILL BE OFFICIALLY OPEN DURING THE
                     HOURS INDICATED BELOW.

                     21–22 January       Monday–Tuesday          from 09:00 to 22:25
                     23 January          Wednesday               from 10:15 to 23:00
                     24 January          Thursday                from 11:00 to 00:20
                     25 January          Friday                  from 11:30 to 00:20
                     26 January          Saturday                from 10:15 to 22:10
                     27 January          Sunday                  from 14:00 to 19:30

                     Media representatives will also be able to use the press bar in the lobby VIP 2.
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5.5 PRESS CONFERENCE ZONE                                                                                                                                          6 ROUTE DESCRIPTION

THE PRESS CONFERENCE ROOM IS LOCATED ON THE 1ST FLOOR,                                            TRANSPORTATION & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
ENTRANCE FROM LOBBY VIP 2
                                                                                                  TRANSPORTATION
22 January     Tuesday          1st TV Briefing — 16:30                                           Considering that the hotel is located very close to the Skating Rink,
23 January     Wednesday        Photographers Briefing — 10:30                                    no shuttle buses will be provided.

                                                                                                  HOW TO GET TO MINSK
                                                                                                  ACCESS BY AIR
                                                                                                  Minsk National Airport is the main air gateway of Belarus.
                                                                                                  It is situated 42 km away from the centre of Minsk
                                                                                                  and 33 km away from the city Ring Road. You can easily
                                                                                                  and quickly get to Minsk from the airport by:
                                                                                                  Public transport: regular–route busses №300э, №173э.
                                                                                                  Shuttle buses: №1400–TK and №1430-TK.
                                                                                                  Taxi: call 7788; 135; 152; 7778; 7565; 7220.
                                                                                                  Personal vehicles: route M2 (Moscow highway)
                                                                                                  (there is a possibility to rent a car on site — call 7373).

                                                                                                  ACCESS BY TRAIN
                                                                                                  One of the most convenient ways to get to Minsk
                                                                                                  is travelling by train. TheMinsk railway station is located
                                                                                                  in the city center. Its address is Privokzalnaya Square,
                                                                                                  3 and you can easily get to your hotel from there by public
Free wi–fi will be available in the press center, press tribune and mixed zone.                    transport or by taxi.To get to the Speed Skating Stadium
                                                                                                  (the “Minsk–Arena” public transport stop) you should:
                                                                                                  Take the Bus: №1, №119с;
                                                                                                  Take the shuttle buses: №1109; №1073; №1056.

TELECOMMUNICATIONS
                                                                                                  ACCESS BY CAR
For information regarding Internet connections and booking additional services, please contact:
                                                                                                  It is possible to travel to Belarus by car. The long–distance highway E30 connects Minsk
Mr. Nikita Babitsky.
                                                                                                  with Europe. It is a toll road with a 1 USD charge for passenger vehicles. There are several
+375 44 597 07 93 Viber, WhatsApp
                                                                                                  Belarus border crossings and an extensive road network running across the country.
eldemersel@gmail.com
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7 MEDIA ACCOMMODATION                                                                           8 NOTES

THE OFFICIAL MEDIA HOTEL IS THE SPORT TIME HOTEL

Its address is Minsk, Myastrovskaya st, 2
Reception: +375 29 370 33 29 / +375 25 979 39 60 / +375 17 279 39 61 (round the clock)
booking@sporttime-hotel.by

Distance to the Minsk–arena: 900 meters.

“Sport Time” is an ideal accommodation for those who save their time and money.
This is a new and modern hotel which belongs to the hotels chain “Time”.
The category of our hotel is two stars by Belarusian classification. We offer new, clean,
comfortable rooms for a reasonable price with all conditions for a comfortable stay. The
hotel provides free Wi–Fi on the whole territory. In our café we offer the following dining
options: buffet breakfast, complex meals, a la carte menu. The hotel has single, superior
single, triple, and quadruple rooms, also a few suites and two special rooms for physically
challenged. Our guests can reach the sports complex Minsk–arena in 5–10 minutes.
It takes 15 minutes to get to the center by bus. Our comfortable and budget hotel is suitable
for families, sportsmen, active young people, etc.
Our motto is “Excellent quality for reasonable prices!”.

www.sporttime-hotel.by
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