Security measures during the largest Rostec Demino ski marathon in Russia were discussed at a meeting of the anti-terrorist commission in the Government of the Yaroslavl Region. Operational services will work in an enhanced mode, special attention will be paid to access control.
Police officers, the Russian Guard, the Ministry of Emergency Situations, ambulances, search and rescue teams, private security officers, Cossack squads and volunteers are involved in ensuring the security of an international sporting event.
- We must seriously prepare, think in advance all the issues of ensuring the protection of law and order and public safety during mass events. This is especially true in connection with the difficult geopolitical situation, the growth of various terrorist threats, - said the head of the region, Mikhail Evraev.
The possibility of introducing a system of free electronic registration for spectators of Demino Ski Marathon is being worked out.
- Such a system proved to be excellent during the international stage of the Freestyle Champions Cup last weekend. The form to fill out is simple, it is important from the point of view of ensuring security at a mass event, - said Vera Dargel, Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Yaroslavl Region.
Currently, 4860 people have registered to participate in the competition, including 28 skiers from five foreign countries: France, Slovakia, Georgia, Belarus and Kazakhstan. To prevent the formation of "traffic jams" at the entrance to the Demino center directly on race days, the organizers ask participants and spectators to plan their time in order to arrive in advance, calmly park their vehicles and go down to the stadium.
- For personal vehicles, city utilities will clear the upper parking lot for three thousand cars. Access to the territory of the Demino center will be organized through the metal detector. The organizers count on the understanding of the citizens, all these measures are necessary to ensure law and order and anti-terrorist security during the days of the marathon, - said the head of the city of Rybinsk Dmitry Rudakov.
The organizing committee of the marathon takes all measures to fulfill the necessary safety requirements and provide spectators and participants with the fastest and most comfortable passage to the Demino territory.
- We understand that such a gathering of people imposes certain obligations. To reduce the queues, we will increase the number of checkpoints and passage arches at the stadium. Participants, as before, go through registration, receive a starter pack, go out into two corridors. From the first to the third - through the left side of the stadium, the rest through the right. Please do not forget the starting numbers, because only with them will be allowed into the clearing. This is a kind of accreditation for entering the start, - said Igor Samoyov, the director of Demino Marathons.
Owners of snowmobiles are asked to refrain from going to the ski slopes so as not to create obstacles for the participants of the marathon. Warning notices will be installed in potentially dangerous places, volunteers and police officers will be on duty.
Rostec Demino Ski Marathon is the largest ski marathon in Russia. Russialoppet leader in terms of the number of finishers in the main race. In the 2022 season, the winners of the Demino ski marathon at a distance of 50 km were Alexander Bolshunov and Natalya Nepryaeva.
The general partner of the competition is Rostec State Corporation.