Russian viewers will still see the main competitions of the next year on TV screens. This was told by the owner of the company "Telesport", which has the rights to broadcast the Olympic Games, Pyotr Makarenko. "The first, VGTRK and" Match TV "will show the Olympics in a significant amount," - quotes him, "Rossiyskaya Gazeta". Makarenko said that they will show not only our athletes, but also competitions in other sports, where athletes from Russia will not perform. Coverage of the Olympics in South Korea will not practically differ from previous Games. According to Peter, the TV channels will decide later which of them will broadcast the Olympic opening and closing ceremonies. The contract between the channels is not yet concluded, but negotiations entered the final stage. Meanwhile, the performance of the Russian national team at the Winter Games-2018 under the neutral flag is supported by only 62% of the polled Russians, FlashNord notes with reference to VTsIOM.

And 60% are sure that by the number of medals won, Russian athletes will become the third, and 25% hope for their first place. Previously, the TV channels wanted to completely abandon the Olympics in Pyeongchang because Russian athletes could not be allowed to compete.

After the decision of the IOC that the Russians will act under a neutral flag, the TV channels decided to broadcast only those sports where our athletes will perform.

For the broadcast of the Games, Russian TV channels will pay about $ 40-50 million.