Putin inspects Rosa Khutor Alpine Center in Sochi, part of 2014 Winter Olympic venues

Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, listen to Interros Investment Company President Vladimir Potanin, as he visits the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center in Rosa Khutor outside the Black Sea resort of Sochi, southern Russia, Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013. Putin on Wednesday toured parts of the Olympic mountain cluster, which will host the 2014 Winter Olympics. <AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev, pool>