VLADIMIR PUTIN
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Visits within Russia

3 july, 2008 15:00

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin met with Jean-Claude Killy, chairman of the IOC Coordination Commission for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games

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"In choosing between priorities – funding or the environment – we have opted for the environment. Our reasoning was this: a new project may be costlier, but the possible bill from nature might be so enormous as to be beyond any financial compensation. We should preserve the uniqueness of Sochi for this and future generations".

Vladimir Putin
Meeting with Jean-Claude Killy, chairman of the IOC Coordination Commission for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games