Schwarzenegger says he ‘will be back’ for Sochi OlympicsJanuary 23, 2013 - 16:51 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On a trip to Russia, Arnold Schwarzenegger echoed his most famous film role Wednesday, vowing “I’ll be back” for the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, RIA Novosti reports. The Terminator star and former California governor has been a keen winter sports fan since his childhood in Austria, and predicted Russia’s first Winter Olympics would wow the world. “I’ll be back here for the Olympics, for the Winter Olympics,” he said while in Moscow to promote a new film. “I think Russia and Sochi is going to do an extraordinary job. I think the world is going to be blown away by the great host that it will be and by the great events they will have there.” In recent years, Schwarzenegger has forged links with the Russian government, meeting then-President Dmitry Medvedev in 2010 and attending President Vladimir Putin’s inauguration last year. Schwarzenegger played a Soviet policeman in 1988’s Red Heat, but most of the film’s scenes set in Russia were actually filmed in Hungary. Top stories Armenian gymnast, Olympic bronze medalist Artur Davtyan has reached the finals of the World Cup. Gor Manvelyan has denied reports alleging that he has expressed a desire to one day play for the French national team. Roma midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan is not considering FC Spartak Moscow as his next haven, according to fresh reports. 10 Armenian lifters will compete in the 2021 World Championships scheduled to be held from 7 to 17 December in Tashkent. Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |