Today’s Moscow Times picks up on the grim irony looming over one venture that Russia was particularly keen to tout at Davos; the $15 billion chain of skiing resorts in the remote climes of the North Caucasus mountains, which whilst being prime skiing territory, are also known for hosting separatists in their uncharted terrain.  The Russian press apparently refer to this concept as ‘terrorism tourism’, otherwise known as a hard sell.  From the AP:

“The problem: The Wednesday night presentation came two days after a bomb blast pummeled the international arrivals terminal of Moscow’s largest airport, killing 35. Suspicions immediately fell on extremists from the North Caucasus — including Chechnya, which fought two wars with Moscow over the last 16 years, and the neighboring Russian republic of Dagestan, future home to one of the new resorts.

But the project’s backers were undaunted”.