[Also see the first installment of this series] Part 2: Special Operation «Olympiad» By Grigory Pasko, journalist The Imereti Valley President of Russia Putin, who had so confidently presented «project Sochi» to the International Olympic Committee, did not say a single word in his speech about how the rights of local inhabitants are going to have to be seriously infringed upon during the course of the realization of grandiose plans. Building new facilities on already occupied lands – that means evicting the residents and destroying their homes. Like the old Russian saying goes – “when you chop wood, chips fly”. They say that Stalin loved it. Upon Putin’s return to Moscow, someone obviously explained to him that the people living in the places of the future Olympic sites weren’t going to be very happy. Then the president said: “All questions associated with land use must be resolved in consideration of the interests of the people who reside there, within the framework of current legislation”.