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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)
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In this Sunday, Feb. 9, 2014 photo Russian President Vladimir Putin, background left, toasts with beer with people as King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, foreground left, and Queen Maxima, foreground center, look on at the Netherlands house in Sochi, during the 2014 Winter Olympics. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti Kremlin, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)
