Russia Today: A jet with the Olympic torch onboard has arrived from Athens and landed at Moscow Vnukovo airport. The flame will now be taken to Red Square for a ceremony kick-starting the Russian leg of the record-breaking relay.

The Olympic flame for the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, which was lit in Athens exactly 7 days ago, is on its way to Red Square, where the Russian President will launch the Olympic torch relay.

It’s been 33 years since the flame lit in Athens was in Russia – then the Soviet Union – for the Summer Games [Moscow 1980]. The rare event will make it a very special moment for every single person carrying the torch – and it will pass through thousands of hands as it goes across the country.

Among the lucky first ones to welcome the Olympic flame on Russian soil are bikers who are going to accompany the torch all the way from the airport to the center of Moscow. The leader of the Night Wolves biker club, Aleksandr ‘Surgeon’ Zaldostanov shared his feelings about it with RT.

“The last time the Olympic flame was in Russia was a long time ago and we don’t know when the next time will be that it will arrive here, so the fact that we, the “Night wolves” are going to convoy the Olympic flame is a very honorable mission. There will be many people with major sporting achievements among us, one of the bikers is a very famous Russian sportsman, Olympic champion and a trainer of the Russian national team,” the Night Wolves leader said.

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