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Russian President Vladimir Putin met International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach in Sochi, Russia, on Tuesday (4th February) as final preparations were made ahead of the Winter Olympics.

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SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Vladimir Putin, Russian president:
"All the years that our Olympic project has been in development, you, respected friends, were alongside us. You helped us in word and deed and together we have succeeded in achieving a lot. The Olympics will leave behind a great legacy. It is not only that the external appearance of the city has changed, making it more beautiful and comfortable, but that it has also had an effect on its socioeconomic, cultural and environmental development."