Alexander Lukashenko declared II Games of CIS countries opened

Games take place from August 4 to August 14. The opening ceremonies and closings of a sports forum will be accepted by "Minsk Arena", and competitions will pass through all country – tournaments in 20 sports will accept 11 cities. President of the Republic Belarus Alexander Lukashenko declared open II Games of CIS countries. The official part of the opening ceremony of competitions began with solemn lifting of flags Belarus and Commonwealth of Independent States. Under sounds of a national anthem the Belarusian colors were hoisted by eminent athletes — the double Olympic champion in rowing Karsten Catherina, the Olympic champion in trampolining Yvan Litvinovich and...