An entrepreneur and legislator from the Rostov region will be appointed vice president of Olimpstroi, and one of his main duties will be overseeing hotel construction.
Konstantin Kuzin was appointed to the position on June 1, said Viktoria Kleshchukova, a press secretary for Megapolis Group, in which Kuzin owns a controlling stake.
Along with Kuzin, Khasyan Zyabirov, former vice president of Russian Railways, and Leonid Monosov, a former Moscow city official, also became vice presidents, Olimpstroi said.
Zyabirov will oversee transport and logistics, Monosov will be in charge of building Olimpstroi projects, and Kuzin will work with investors on the construction of hotels, the state corporation's press service said.
"The position of vice president of Olimpstroi is not civil service, so [Kuzin] will fulfill his legislative duties as well as his job as chairman of the board of directors of Megapolis," Kleshchukova said.
About 23,200 hotel rooms are needed for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, and they will be built by investors chosen through tenders, the Olimpstroi press service said.
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