Putin Sochi Ski Cameo Fails to Ease Olympic Terror Fears
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A week after three terrorist bombings rocked Russia, Vladimir Putin went skiing. The Russian leader’s slalom at Sochi, set to host the Winter Olympics next month, was meant to show that athletes and fans at the snow-sports extravaganza will have nothing to fear.
That may be so: security experts are pretty confident that Putin’s police will manage to seal off the mountain-fringed Black Sea resort town of 343,000, shielding the bobsled runs, ski-jump courses, the athletes’ village and the high-end hotels.