Percentage Points: Russian President Vladimir Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin: "The ecological situation in the area has improved, not by a few percentage points, but by two or three, or by some indicators, four times," Putin said during a meeting with the International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach. , according to Reuters. Putin has staked his personal and political prestige on the Games and the drive to turn the Black Sea resort region of Sochi into not only an Olympic host city but also a world-class tourist destination, with a yacht marina and Formula 1 race track. Russia - Russian President Vladimir Putin countered accusations on Tuesday that construction had polluted the 2014 Winter Olympic host city of Sochi, saying that preparations for the Games had boosted environmental quality in the area many times over. "All of this is on account of what has been done here," (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.