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$390M for Sochi Port Ahead of 2014 Games
By Eugene Boyko at 6 May, 2008, 1:34 am
Officials want to raise up to $390 million to invest in the port of Sochi, the city that last week won a contest to host the 2014 Winter Olympics, the director of a state company that manages ports said Wednesday. Rosmorport is looking at “various sources” of the money to invest before 2015, company director [...]
Read More >>Olympic protests over Russia’s Sochi games
By Eugene Boyko at 6 May, 2008, 1:26 am
It seems not everyone is happy about Russia hosting the 2014 Winter Olympics. These residents, angry about plans to demolish their homes to make way for the Sochi Games, let their feelings be known during a tour by Olympic inspectors. Mobile phone footage appears to show police trying to force demonstrators onto buses at a [...]
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