Since the XXII Winter Olympics and the XI Paralympics will be held in Sochi in 2014, the issue of their legal governance is quite topical for the Russian Federation. The leading International Sports Law Journal published (no. 1/2, 2012) the article “Legal aspects of organization and holding of the Olympic Games in the Russian Federation” by Mikhail Prokopets, head of the Sports Law Practice of the Law Firm "YUST".