PRESIDENT PUTIN INPECTS A SKI RESORT IN SOCHI PROPOSING TO HOLD THE 2014 OLYMPIC GAMES

Russian President Vladimir Putin skis down a mountain in the Krasnaya Polyana area outside the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia on February 20, 2007. Putin visited the Psekhako Ridge ski area, a newly developed facility in the Krasnaya Polyana area where Russia is proposing holding the snow sports events for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games. (UPI Photo/Anatoli Zhdanov)