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Winter Olympics will help tackle ecological problems in Sochi - Russian vice-premier

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Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak tried to ease public concerns on Monday by pledging that the holding of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Russia's Black Sea resort city of Sochi would help improve the ecological situation in the area.

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak tried to ease public concerns on Monday by pledging that the holding of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Russia's Black Sea resort city of Sochi would help improve the ecological situation in the area.

"The main heritage of the Olympics is that ecological problems will be resolved. We have been eliminating dumps, launching an incinerator, and will resolve the issue of polluted water run-off into the sea," Kozak told reporters during a working visit to Sochi.

Last week, the head of the city's ecological council was quoted by Russian daily Novaya Gazeta as saying that the ecological situation in Sochi had worsened significantly over the past six months mainly because of the growing number of cars and increasing construction pace combined with the absence of full-fledged environmental protection measures.

The construction of Olympic facilities has further hampered the situation, which has resulted in growing public concerns, he said.

Seventy-two out of 242 Olympic facilities planned to be built in Sochi are already under construction.

Kozak pledged on Monday the most advanced technologies would be used to improve the city's environment.

"I would like to say once again that these problems have been accumulating for decades, and are being solved now. We should gather strength and use patience, and I am sure that in two years, the ecological situation in Sochi will be quite different," he said.

The 22nd Winter Olympic Games will open in Sochi on February 7, 2014.

SOCHI, September 13 (RIA Novosti) 

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