As the Winter Olympics rapidly approach, many Sochi residents are complaining that their living conditions are growing worse and the government is ignoring their grievances.
A house in the village of Vesyoloye outside Sochi, Russia. An Associated Press photographer captured what it looks like in the neighboring villages of the Olympic park.
AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko
Some residents of the village of Vesyoloye have lived without running water and electricity for years. Now, a new $635 million highway has taken out their communal outhouse and cut them off from Sochi's city center.
A stray dog and its puppy sit behind the railings in the middle of a highway outside Sochi.
AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko
The statue of ancient Roman god Neptune sits in guard of the beach during the sunset at an embankment in Sochi.
AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko