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In this photo taken Monday, Feb. 10, 2014, an apartment complex overlooking the seaport advertises vacancies in central Sochi, Russia. Vladimir Putin isn’t the only one who has a lot riding on the success of the Sochi Olympics. Local businesses and residents have a lot to gain if these Olympics fulfill Putin’s pledge to turn Sochi and its environs from a summer playground for well-off Russians into a year-round international resort for everyone. But that’s a big “if.” (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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In this photo taken Monday, Feb. 10, 2014, cruise ships sit docked at the seaport as pedestrians stroll along the promenade in central Sochi, Russia. Vladimir Putin isn’t the only one who has a lot riding on the success of the Sochi Olympics. Local businesses and residents have a lot to gain if these Olympics fulfill Putin’s pledge to turn Sochi and its environs from a summer playground for well-off Russians into a year-round international resort for everyone. But that’s a big “if.” (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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In this photo taken Monday, Feb. 10, 2014, a dilapidated housing complex sits along the Black Sea in Sochi, Russia. Vladimir Putin isn’t the only one who has a lot riding on the success of the Sochi Olympics. Local businesses and residents have a lot to gain if these Olympics fulfill Putin’s pledge to turn Sochi and its environs from a summer playground for well-off Russians into a year-round international resort for everyone. But that’s a big “if.” (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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In this photo taken Monday, Feb. 10, 2014, an Olympic worker is reflected in a window while riding the train along the Black Sea from the Olympic Park to central Sochi, Russia. Vladimir Putin isn’t the only one who has a lot riding on the success of the Sochi Olympics. Local businesses and residents have a lot to gain if these Olympics fulfill Putin’s pledge to turn Sochi and its environs from a summer playground for well-off Russians into a year-round international resort for everyone. But that’s a big “if.” (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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In this photo taken Monday, Feb. 10, 2014, a worker removes a sale sign from a store window along a pedestrian mall in central Sochi, Russia. Vladimir Putin isn’t the only one who has a lot riding on the success of the Sochi Olympics. Local businesses and residents have a lot to gain if these Olympics fulfill Putin’s pledge to turn Sochi and its environs from a summer playground for well-off Russians into a year-round international resort for everyone. But that’s a big “if.” (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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In this photo taken Monday, Feb. 10, 2014, a worker waits for customers at a ticket booth selling amusement rides at Riviera Park in central Sochi, Russia. Vladimir Putin isn’t the only one who has a lot riding on the success of the Sochi Olympics. Local businesses and residents have a lot to gain if these Olympics fulfill Putin’s pledge to turn Sochi and its environs from a summer playground for well-off Russians into a year-round international resort for everyone. But that’s a big “if.” (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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In this Sunday, Feb. 9, 2014 photo Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, listens to King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, right, as Queen Maxima stands in the middle during a visit to the Netherlands house in Sochi, during the 2014 Winter Olympics. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti Kremlin, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)
