A Sakha concert in the new stadium

Arya is a Finnish woman who also attended the Partnership. On Friday morning Fred and I got on the bus, and Arya was on the same bus, on the way to the Partnership. She got talking and said there was a Sakha concert on that night and that she had bought a ticket. I really wanted to go too. That day an invitation was put out to the participants of the conference. Nobody else wanted to go. I was disappointed and unimpressed. Anyway, one of the hosts very kindly went out and bought a ticket for me.

Standing outside of the brand new indoor stadium in Yakutsk.

The inside of the stadium. The people of Yakutsk will be able to exercise and compete in winter, when temperatures are very often -40 and still regularly get to -50 degrees.

The concert itself was entertaining for a little while. But after an hour and a half it seemed a bit girly and poppy, so we left a little early.