Topic: Sochi

Olympic works damaging environment in rebel region: Georgia

AFP Global Edition - 501 days ago
Georgia on Thursday accused Russia of causing irreversible environmental damage in the Moscow-backed rebel Abkhazia region through its preparations for the 2014 Winter Olympics in nearby Sochi.Georgia's environment ministry said in a statement that "building materials such as rock and sand" were ...
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Waste alarm in Russian Winter Olympics host town

AFP Global Edition - 517 days ago
Russia's 2014 Winter Olympics host Sochi is facing an apparently insurmountable problem over how to dispose of millions of tonnes of garbage with nowhere to put the waste, a report said Tuesday.Not a single landfill in the Black Sea resort town is ...
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UN chides Russia on wildlife failures

AFP Global Edition - 692 days ago
The United Nations on Tuesday criticised Russia for taking too long to implement decisions to protect the environment from the impact of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.The alpine and nordic events in the 2014 Games - Russia's biggest sporting event since ...
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