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Putin announces awards for Russia's Olympic podium winners

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MOSCOW, March 6 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's president said Monday that Winter Olympics medallists and their trainers would be rewarded for their efforts.

Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with the athletes that male medallists would get Toyota Land Cruisers and women Toyota Lexuses. Trainers will receive prize money worth about $25,000, he added.

Putin said the awards were an additional prize on top of previously agreed prize money, and were the result of an initiative of the country's business community.

Images (The Russian medals in Turin)

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