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"Segodnya" news, presented Liliya Gildeyeva and Igor Poletayev
0013 Russian Olympic medallists get government awards; injured Russian freestyle skier improves; Ukraine presidential election campaign will soon get under way; ousted Ukrainian President Yanukovych's whereabouts are unclear; anti-opposition sentiment runs high in parts of Ukraine; Ukrainian flags have been burnt in Crimea; Bolotnaya case defendants have been jailed in Moscow; Russian Central Bank plans new currency intervention rules
1. 0136 Hundreds of people are at a Moscow airport to welcome medallists in what have been the most successful Olympics for Russia. President Vladimir Putin has presented government awards to Russian Olympic medallists in Sochi. "The difficult period in the history of Russia sport is behind us," Putin says at the ceremony.
2. 0554 The condition of Russian freestyle skier Mariya Komissarova, who fractured her spine in training in Sochi, has improved.