” by activists from the group Environmental Watch on North Caucasus ( EWNC ) in May 2015 revealed what it says is an illegal road going from Rosa Khutor through virgin territory toward the site of one of the planned resorts . The resort expansion threatens not only the leopard program , but also Sochi ’s drinking water , which comes mainly from the Mzymta River , according to EWNC . The map obtained by Greenpeace also indicates that state gas giant Gazprom , which owns the Laura ski resort in Krasnaya Polyana , plans to build its own two resorts in the Caucasus reserve .
Then , in October , the resort ’s director said at an International Ski Federation meeting that Rosa Khutor plans to double in size by building around the upper Mzymta . According to a map Greenpeace claims it obtained from a June 2015 closed meeting between resort operators and the Natural Resources and Environment Ministry , Rosa Khutor and its sister company , Ober Khutor , plan to build two resorts in the valley that would occupy territory not only in the Sochi sanctuary , but also in the UNESCO - protected Caucasus reserve . The Rosa Khutor expansion , by some accounts , has already started : A “ citizens ’ inspectioninspection.sensoryobserve.inspectpeopleorganization” by activists from the group Environmental Watch on North Caucasus ( EWNC ) in May 2015 revealed what it says is an illegal road going from Rosa Khutor through virgin territory toward the site of one of the planned resorts . The resort expansion threatens not only the leopard program , but also Sochi ’s drinking water , which comes mainly from the Mzymta River , according to EWNC . The map obtained by Greenpeace also indicates that state gas giant Gazprom , which owns the Laura ski resort in Krasnaya Polyana , plans to build its own two resorts in the Caucasus reserve .
It can also operate up to 1,000 centrifuges at its mountain facility at Fordow - but these can not be used to enrich uranium . Plutonium production : Iran has agreed to reconfigure its heavy water reactor at Arak , so that it will only produce a tiny amount of plutonium as a by - product of power generation , and will not build any more heavy water reactors for 15 years . Inspections : International monitors will be able to carry out a comprehensive programme of inspectioninspection.sensoryobserve.inspectpeopleorganizationof Iran 's nuclear facilities . Sanctions : All EU and US energy , economic and financial sanctions , and most UN sanctions , will be lifted on the day Iran shows it has complied with the main parts of the deal .
The four - day battle became a major victory for the U.S. Navy , which sunk four Japanese aircraft carriers , and it marked a turning point in the war in the Pacific . Hide Caption 13 of 38 Photos : World War II in pictures Balloon operators from Britain 's Women 's Auxiliary Air Force , or WAAF , report for inspectioninspection.sensoryobserve.inspectpeopleorganizationin a hangar used to store balloons , at a facility in the UK . During World War II , women played a significant role in the war effort . They took jobs in " defense plants and volunteered for war - related organizations , in addition to managing their households , " according to the World War II museum in New Orleans .
But what may disappoint observers is the clear offer of a road back before next summer ’s Olympic Games in Rio . As the IAAF statement said : ‘ To regain membership to the IAAF the new federation would have to fulfil a list of criteria . An inspectioninspection.sensoryobserve.inspectpeopleorganizationteam led by Independent Chair Rune Andersen , an independent international anti - doping expert ( Norwegian ) and three members of the IAAF Council who will be appointed in the next few days.’ Vitaly Mutko was accused by WADA of being complicit in a state - sponsored drug programme The London Olympics in 2012 were ' sabotaged ' by the approach of Russian athletes suspected of doping
The deal requires Iran to give up any ambitions it may have harbored of building a nuclear weapon . In exchange The agreement hinges on what the Obama administration describes as the most comprehensive inspectioninspection.sensoryobserve.inspectpeopleorganizationand monitoring system ever imposed , plus the threat of sanctions " snapping back " if Iran is found in breach of the deal 's terms . Assurances from Obama and some nuclear experts have done little to sway Netanyahu . David Makovsky , a Middle East expert at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy , said Netanyahu and Putin may have legitimate security issues to discuss , but he added : " They clearly have a good rapport .
Clinton , nevertheless , is by no means the only one to have accused Snowden of failing to raise concerns inside the NSA and enjoying the ostensible concomitant whisteblower protections . Many other politicians have used the same argument to criticize Snowden , including President Obama himself . Yet , as The New Yorker noted at the time , “ From a civil - liberties perspective — and a factual perspective — Clinton ’s answers were disturbing enough that they warrant parsing . ” The argument “ does n’t withstand inspectioninspection.sensoryobserve.inspectpeopleorganization. ” At the time , it was already known that this argument was flawed . In its fact check of the October debate , The Washington Post noted , “ Clinton is likely wrong that Snowden would have received the protections of a whistleblower . ”