Putin ecologic problems to move an Olympic bobsleigh
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Thursday called for the transfer of a proposed Olympic bobsleigh site over ecological concerns, Russian media reported. The planned Sochi-2014 Winter Olympics venue, next to a mountain nature preserve above Russia's summer resort city on the Black Sea, was criticized by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) last month as "environmentally unfriendly". "I consider it necessary to move these venues to another site, as agreed with the International Olympic Committee," Putin said at a meeting wi [ READ MORE... ]
