The three-coach rail bus was allocated by the North Caucasus branch of ОАО «Russian Railways» for a tourist trip to Derbent to the participants and guests of the European Wrestling Championship in Dagestan.

Sports correspondent from Kalmykia Badma Koldaev compared the opening ceremony of the Championship with the opening of the Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, Sochi, Baku. «The organization of the Olympic Games is, of course, a different level, but the opening ceremony of the European Championships in Kaspiisk left a wonderful impression,» Badma Koldayev said.

According to Anatoly Karibov, the republic needs such memorable events as the European Championship. «A sport event of this level is held for the first time in the North Caucasus, and it will certainly leave bright impressions in the hearts of the participants of the competition,» the First Deputy Prime Minister of Dagestan Government Dagestan said.