RUS
Fresh from his top ten success at the recent Finn Gold Cup in Tallinn, Estonia, Michele Paoletti (ITA) has won the 2013 Open Russian in Moscow, from 2008 Olympian Giorgio Poggi (ITA) and 2011 Junior Finn World Champion Arkadiy Kistanov (RUS).
Moscow hosted first International University Sailing Cup, which was held under endorsement of the International Univesrity Sports Federation (FISU) prior to the Summer Students Olympic Games - Universiade "Kazan 2013" – from May 28 to June 2. The event was organised by Russian Finn Association and Russian Sports Students Union.
Moscow Finn Association organised a Finn promotion regatta in the centre of Moscow city under support of popular magazine ‘Mens Health’.
Local sailors rebuild boats from old ones by themselves as well as build their own wooden masts. (They also keep trying to build plastic masts.)