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As Russia seeks to modernize, citizens are finding a stronger voice, and they have plenty to say. While environmentalists built barricades this weekend in the ancient Khimki Forest Park, in another part of the country, 4000 protesters gathered in Sochi.
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And Vancouver thinks it has problems...Sochi's extensive building plans have been thrown into confusion by Oleg Deripaska's net worth falling by 85% due to the credit crunch. He still has $3.5 billion but owes 4 times this amount to his creditors.
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The 22nd Winter Olympics isn't until 2014 but that hasn't stopped Russia from starting to build a 350-hectare island complex. The infrastructure being built in the Black Sea is shaped like Russia and is expected to house Olympic athletes.
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 Austria's Hannes Reichelt again led a World Cup downhill training session Thursday on the 2014 Sochi Olympics course in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia.
 Benjamin Thomsen of Invermere, B.C., was third Wednesday in the opening World Cup men's downhill training session on the 2014 Sochi Olympics course in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia.
 Georg Streitberger led the third and final World Cup downhill training session Friday on the course that will be used for the 2014 Sochi Olympics.
 Skiers and coaches complained Thursday that there were not enough slippers to clear fresh snow off the 2014 Sochi Olympics downhill course, prompting training runs to be cancelled.
 Canada arguably landed in the best of the three groups for the 2014 Games in Sochi, Russia, along with Finland, Norway and a lower-level qualifier.
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Construction for the 2014 Winter Olympics is faced with formidable natural hurdles as attempts are being made to meet deadlines.
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