Putin visits Sochi mountain skiing resort, talks with holiday-makers

KRASNAYA POLYANA, January 3 (Itar-Tass) — Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the Krasnaya Polyana mountain skiing resort in Sochi. Putin, together with Krasnodar Territory governor Alexander Tkachyov inspected crowded pistes at a 1,000-meter altitude. He talked with tourists asking their opinion about the quality of snow and the places they had come from, as skiers lined up in a queue to have their picture taken together with the head of state, with pistes in the background.