A delegation, led by chief executive Xavier Gonzalez, will discuss the state of preparations with the Sochi Organising Committee despite the city being on high alert after the explosion at Domodedovo Airport which killed 35 and injured more than 100 on Monday (January 24).

Gonzalez is confident the project review will go well and be highly productive for the IPC.

After flying to Moscow straight from the IPC Athletics World Championships here in New Zealand, Gonzalez said: "With less than four years to go until the Paralympic Winter Games, this third project review for Sochi 2014 is a very important meeting to receive progress updates and check that everything is still on schedule.

"The IPC looks forward to starting 2011 with invaluable information that will make the next Winter Games successful."

Gonzalez is being accompanied on the trip by Paralympic Games senior manager Thanos Kostopoulos, head of Paralympic Games strategic projects, Apostolos Rigas and marketing and broadcasting senior manager Alexis Schaefer.

Items to be covered in the project review include venue operating plans, sport and test events, National Paralympic Committee and athlete services, transport, athletes' village, barrier-free environment, brand, marketing and licensing and volunteers.

The project review will also include the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Education Concept.

Following the explosion in Moscow, President Dmitry Medvedev immediately called for tightened security at Moscow's two other commercial airports and other key transportation facilities.

Although no one has claimed responsibility, Islamic militants in the southern Russian region of Chechnya have been blamed for previous atrocities.

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