"The Olympic Family will feel at home in Sochi" - President Vladimir Putin in a speech to the IOC, 2007 A heavily guarded pro-Putin rally in Dagestan, about 500 miles from Sochi © Rob Hornstra, courtesy Flatland Gallery NL | Paris Since 2007, when the International Olympic Committee awarded Russia the honor of hosting the 2014 Winter Games, President Vladimir Putin has lavished the southern city of Sochi with the resources to turn it from a sleepy resort backwater into an international destinat...
"The Olympic Family will feel at home in Sochi" - President Vladimir Putin in a speech to the IOC, 2007 A heavily guarded pro-Putin rally in Dagestan, about 500 miles from Sochi © Rob Hornstra, courtesy Flatland Gallery NL | Paris Since 2007, when the International Olympic Committee awarded Russia the honor of hosting the 2014 Winter Games, President Vladimir Putin has lavished the southern city of Sochi with the resources to turn it from a sleepy resort backwater into an international destinat...
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