President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday said Russia has completed organizational work for building facilities for the 2014 Winter Olympics and is ready to begin construction, Russian news agencies reported.
Putin made the assessment during a meeting with the presidential sports council in Sochi, the Black Sea resort city where the games are to be held.
“A long-term [...]

The Kadiyev family have long been builders in Chechnya, but no one has had a job quite like that facing architect Dzhalal Kadiyev: reconstructing the entire city of Grozny from the ashes of war.
Kadiyev, a small, bird-like man sporting large spectacles, is unfazed by the task ahead of him and often draws inspiration from [...]