06/07/2007 (Agence Europe) - The delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee welcomes the election of Sochi as the host city of the Winter Games in 2014. “I believe that this achievement is recognition of Russia's long Olympic tradition and an expression of faith in the country's economic growth and in its democratic potential”, reads a press release from the chair of the delegation to the EU-Russia PCC, Ria Oomen-Ruijten (EPP-ED, Netherlands). (ab)