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Yekaterina Kravtsova

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Visitors to the Sochi Olympics are enthralled, residents are less so

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The worries about unfinished hotels and possible terrorism at the Olympics have receded as people the world over have become enthralled with the athletes and the competition. But when the games wrap up, Sochi residents are wondering if their city’s big projects will get completed.

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