December 25, 2009. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, left, foreground, attending the opening ceremony for the bypass road around Sochi intended to ease traffic in the city. Right: Transport Minister Igor Levitin.25.12.2009#539368
December 25, 2009. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, second from left, foreground, attending the opening ceremony for the bypass road around Sochi intended to ease traffic in the city.25.12.2009#539367
December 25, 2009. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, center, attending the opening ceremony for the bypass road around Sochi intended to ease traffic in the city.25.12.2009#539366
December 25, 2009. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, left, foreground, attending the opening ceremony for the bypass road around Sochi intended to ease traffic in the city.25.12.2009#539365
December 25, 2009. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, left, attending the opening ceremony for the bypass road around Sochi intended to ease traffic in the city.25.12.2009#539364
December 25, 2009. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, foreground, inspected the southern portal of Tunnel 3, part of the combined motorway and railway linking Adler with the Alpika-Servis alpine ski resort.25.12.2009#539356
December 25, 2009. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin inspected the southern portal of Tunnel 3, part of the combined motorway and railway linking Adler with the Alpika-Servis alpine ski resort.25.12.2009#539355
December 25, 2009. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, center, touring Sochi's Grand Ice Arena.25.12.2009#539354
December 25, 2009. Olympstroy President Taimuraz Bolloyev, center, showing Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, second right, the model of Sochi's Olympic Park. From left: Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak and Presidential Envoy Plenipotentiary to the Southern Federal District Vladimir Ustinov. Olympstroy's chief architect Oleg Kharchenko, right.25.12.2009#539353
December 25, 2009. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin chairing a meeting to discuss the progress in implementing the program of Olympic facilities construction and the development of Sochi as an alpine resort.25.12.2009#539310
December 25, 2009. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin chairing a meeting to discuss the progress in implementing the program of Olympic facilities construction and the development of Sochi as an alpine resort.25.12.2009#539309
December 25, 2009. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, second left, chairing a meeting to discuss the progress in implementing the program of Olympic facilities construction and the development of Sochi as an alpine resort.25.12.2009#539308
Governor of the Krasnodar Territory Alexander Tkachyov, center, at a meeting in Sochi which Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin chaired to discuss the progress in implementing the program of Olympic facilities construction and the development of Sochi as an alpine resort.25.12.2009#539306
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak, left, and Minister of Regional Development Viktor Basargin at a meeting in Sochi which Prime Minister Vladimir Putin chaired to discuss the progress in implementing the program of Olympic facilities construction and the development of Sochi as an alpine resort.25.12.2009#539305
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak, left, and Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Yury Trutnev at a meeting in Sochi which Prime Minister Vladimir Putin chaired to discuss the progress in implementing the program of Olympic facilities construction and the development of Sochi as an alpine resort.25.12.2009#539304
Russian Minister of Regional Development Viktor Basargin, foreground, at a meeting in Sochi which Prime Minister Vladimir Putin chaired to discuss the progress in implementing the program of Olympic facilities construction and the development of Sochi as an alpine resort.25.12.2009#539303
December 25, 2009. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, center, foreground, touring the cargo district of the Sochi port in the Imereti Lowland.25.12.2009#539213
December 25, 2009. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, left, touring the cargo district of the Sochi port in the Imereti Lowland. Basic Element CEO Oleg Deripaska, second left.25.12.2009#539212
December 25, 2009. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, center, touring the cargo district of the Sochi port in the Imereti Lowland.25.12.2009#539211
December 25, 2009. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, center, touring Sochi's Grand Ice Arena. Olympstroy President Taimuraz Bolloyev, second right.25.12.2009#539193
December 25, 2009. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, second right, foreground, touring Sochi's Grand Ice Arena. Olympstroy President Taimuraz Bolloyev, right, foreground.25.12.2009#539192
December 25, 2009. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, second right, foreground, being shown the map of Sochi's future Olympic Park. Olympstroy President Taimuraz Bolloyev, right, foreground.25.12.2009#539191
December 25, 2009. Olympstroy President Taimuraz Bolloyev, fourth left, showing Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, center, the model of Sochi's Olympic Park.25.12.2009#539190
December 25, 2009. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, right, foreground, touring Sochi airport facilities.25.12.2009#539152
December 25, 2009. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, center, touring Sochi airport facilities. From right: Governor of the Krasnodar Territory Alexander Tkachyov and Presidential Envoy Plenipotentiary to the Southern Federal District Vladimir Ustinov. Minister of Transport Igor Levitin, fourth left.25.12.2009#539151
December 25, 2009. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, right, foreground, touring Sochi airport facilities. Minister of Transport Igor Levitin, center.25.12.2009#539150
December 25, 2009. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, center, touring Sochi airport facilities. Minister of Transport Igor Levitin, left, foreground. Presidential Envoy Plenipotentiary to the Southern Federal District Vladimir Ustinov, right.25.12.2009#539149
December 25, 2009. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, center, touring Sochi airport facilities. Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak, left, Minister of Transport Igor Levitin, right, foreground.25.12.2009#539148
December 25, 2009. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (second right, foreground) visiting southern entrance to tunnel #3 of the combined auto and railroad "Adler - Alpika Service Mountain Climate Resort". Right: Vice Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak.25.12.2009#539071
December 25, 2009. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin arriving at the Sochi airport.25.12.2009#539035
December 25, 2009. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (left, foreground) welcomed at the Sochi airport. Right: President of Sochi 2014 Organizational Committee Dmitry Chernyshenko .25.12.2009#539034
