Issue 4270. Last Updated: 11/08/2009

Black Sea Residents Evicted for Olympic Village

By Miriam Elder
Valery's eyes burn ice blue as he stares toward the Black Sea coast just meters from his house. The local government has given him three months to pack up and leave as the country begins preparing to turn Sochi and its environs into an Olympic playland.

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