
The Russian Grand Prix is an automobile race which, following an agreement signed between Bernie Ecclestone and Vladimir Putin, is included in the 2014 Formula 1 World Championship calendar. It will take place in the city of Sochi, near the Black Sea. In the past, the Russian Grand Prix was run twice, in 1913 and 1914, in St. Petersburg. Nevertheless, the race had to be abandoned because of the First World War then the Russian Civil War and finally never been restored.