OREANDA-NEWS.  January 16, 2012. Dmitry Medvedev approved a list of instructions issued following a January 5 meeting On Progress in Fulfilling the Olympic Facilities Construction and Developing the City of Sochi as a Mountain Climate Resort Programme and Preparations for the 2012 Winter and Spring Season Test Sports Events.

The Government of the Russian Federation has been instructed to submit suggestions and take measures to increase liability of companies, their proprietors and managers failing to meet obligations under government contracts on supply of goods, execution of works, or performance of services in constructing Olympic facilities. The Government has been also instructed to ensure the completion of construction of a complex of ski jumping ramps and bobsleigh and luge tracks within a timeframe that allows for test competitions to be held.

The Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation has been instructed to take measures to secure the interests of the public and the state in case of a breach or untimely performance of obligations under government contracts on supply of goods, execution of works or rendering of services in constructing Olympic facilities.