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Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia |
Can ski resorts bring peace to the North Caucasus? |
2011-09-21 |
Insurgents have vowed to disrupt the 2014 Winter Olympics in the Black Sea coastal town of Sochi, which lies on the same mountain chain, though the Sochi area has yet to see the same level of violence as the provinces surrounding Chechnya. With the Games approaching and only months to go before a parliamentary election in December and a presidential poll in March, Moscow aims to prevent more major militant attacks. The $20-billion plan, promoted as the country's biggest tourist infrastructure project, will offer guests hundreds of miles of ski trails. Moscow says that only a grand project like this can end the cycle of poverty and violence behind the insurgency. |
Posted by:ryuge |
#6 Good luck. It's kinda like what I keep saying about the Muslim countries on the Med. It's prime beachfront property so they should be building resorts, marinas, nightclubs and fine restaurants to provide jobs for the locals. Too bad they'd rather make jihad than money. |
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2011-09-21 18:51 |
#5 I suggest midnight basketball. Heh. |
Posted by: Steve White 2011-09-21 16:23 |
#4 I suggest midnight basketball. |
Posted by: CrazyFool 2011-09-21 14:24 |
#3 Olympics did a wonder for Yugoslavia didn't they? didn't they? |
Posted by: AlanC 2011-09-21 14:13 |
#2 "Can No. |
Posted by: Barbara 2011-09-21 13:20 |
#1 So give the Biathlon real sniper rifles and modify the event to include bagging jihadists. |
Posted by: Water Modem 2011-09-21 12:35 |