Workers head to work on construction sites, including the Central Olympic (Fisht) Stadium, as Russia prepares to host the 2014 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Sochi. In its preparations for the Games, Russia has committed a number of human rights violations, including exploitation of migrant workers employed on Olympic sites, forced evictions of homeowners to make way for Olympic construction, and severe damage to property, health and livelihoods of local residents.

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