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You Can't Always Nyet What You Want
Russia plans enormous sports complex near pristine national park |
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15 Sep 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| You Can't Always Nyet What You Want Russia plans enormous sports complex near pristine national park Hoping to strengthen its bid for the 2014 Winter Olympics, the Russian government has approved an $11.3 billion project to turn areas of Sochi National Park into a ginormous winter-sports complex. The park is home to 300 endemic plant species and a variety of endangered flora and fauna; over a qu ... |
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| Topics: Greenpeace, land degradation, national parks, news, Russia (all these topics) |
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