SOCHI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT:TIGHTENING SECURITY AHEAD OF THE XXII WINTER OLYMPICS

摘要

Sochi is the first Olympic host city to be located on the doorstep of the Caucasus region, an area smouldering with nationalist and religious conflicts and frequently targeted by international terrorist cells. Against this backdrop, the Russian government has deployed state-of-the-art security equipment including drones, new high-speed patrol boats and robotic vehicles to stave off the possibility of Sochi being targeted. Over 30,000 police officers and thousands of other security staff have been sent from all over Russia to protect the city and patrol Olympic venues while the Defence Ministry itself has deployed a Special Forces brigade of battle-hardened veterans of the Chechen wars, and other conflicts, to patrol the forested mountains forming Sochi's scenic background.