The woes of the Sochi winter games

The newspaper reports on difficulties surrounding preparations for the Winter Olympics in the Russian city of Sochi in 2014: "Doubts are growing about whether the games can be pulled off. Shortcomings in planning and Infrastructure have resulted in serious concerns right up to the level of the International Olympic Committee that the site will not be ready in time. Reports have it that after recent inspections of the site, the Committee is considering a Plan B. There are insufficient roads, trains, housing, electricity and workers. ... In addition, planning has slowed almost to a halt. In mid-April, the head of the state organisation Olympstroj was fired after just a few months on the job, after he warned that costs would triple. His successor was the former mayor of the Black Sea resort, and experts doubt he can get the problems under control."

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