The countdown to the Sochi Winter Olympics opening ceremony has hit the one-hundred-day mark. RT's Paul Scott is the host city of the Games for us - and Andrew Farmer is following the Olympic Torch relay, which has reached Russia's Westernmost region, Kaliningrad. RT LIVE http://rt.com/on-air Subscribe to RT! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c... Like us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/RTnews Follow us on Twitter http://twitter.com/RT_com Follow us on Instagram http://instagram.com/rt Follow us on Google+ http://plus.google.com/+RT RT (Russia Today) is a global news network broadcasting from Moscow and Washington studios. RT is the first news channel to break the 1 billion YouTube views benchmark. The 100-day countdown to the XXII Winter Olympics in Sochi has kicked off in Russia. Preparations are in full swing after Russian President Vladimir Putin called for a "final push" in the run-up to the Games. The countdown to the Games in Sochi on Tuesday marked exactly 100 days until the Opening Ceremony on February 7. To celebrate this milestone day, five enormous Olympic rings have been installed at Sochi's main railway station, while around Russia a myriad of different events were planned. As the finishing touches are being made to Sochi's venues, the Olympic flame continues its journey around Russia. On Tuesday the torch arrived to Russia's most eastern city, Kaliningrad, where it toured the center of the historical city before continuing on to Murmansk, the largest city north of the Arctic Circle. cnn news, fox news, abc news, world news, breaking news, us news, europe news, latino news, syria news, middle east news, russia news, china news, economic news, latest news, bbc news, pasific news, arab news, turkish protesters, money news, wall street news, finance news, sports news, rt news In Russia's Black Sea resort of Sochi, the 100-day countdown to the XX11 Winter Olympics has got euronews, the most watched news channel in Europe Subscribe for your daily dose of international news, curated and explained: Euronews is available in 13 other languages: In Russia's Black Sea resort of Sochi, the 100-day countdown to the XX11 Winter Olympics has got underway. In New York and London, celebratory events will also mark the countdown to the February spectacular in which 6,000 athletes from more than 80 countries will compete under the Olympic motto "Faster, Higher, Stronger". Russia has invested more in its Games than any previous Olympic host, with the cost coming in around the 36 billion euro mark. "Our conclusion is extremely clear. It is impressive, the hotels, the infrastructure including the train which we took yesterday are almost ready. It is simply tying up the loose ends now with four months remaining. Preparations for the Olympics are always like that so Sochi is in no way behind," Jean-Claude Killy from the Olympic committee told reporters. After many questions raised about the construction work such words must have been music to the ears of President Vladimir Putin who wants the Games to showcase the country's modern face to the world. But to Human Rights Watch the words struck a discordant note. Hundreds of migrant workers have, according to a report by the organisation been detained under charges of violating migration and employment regulations. Dozens it is alleged are deported each day. There are claims too many had not been paid for several months one worker reportedly staged a hunger strike in protest. "It seems to me that the Olympic Games are trying to accomplish a different idea. It is a idea which was not set during the preparation for the Olympics or for when the Games are held. Humanism is supposed to be the founding idea," said Semyon Simonov a migration and law coordinator Security threats remain. Sochi is a few hundred kilometres from the volatile North Caucasus. Thirty-thousand police and army have been deployed while the military has been holding drills to ready its latest generation of helicopters. A suicide bomb attack on a bus in Volgograd in southern Russia two weeks ago brought into sharp focus the security threat. At least six people died in what was the deadliest blast outside the North Caucasus in nearly three years. Investigators blamed the attack on a woman from Dagestan which is the North Caucasus province at the centre of an Islamist insurgency. Find us on: Youtube Facebook Twitter Russia began the 100 day countdown to the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi on Wednesday, with International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach promising an \ The countdown to the Sochi Winter Olympics opening ceremony has hit the one-hundred-day mark. RT's Paul Scott is the host city of the Games for us - and Andrew Farmer is following the Olympic Torch relay, which has reached Russia's Westernmost region, Kaliningrad. RT LIVE http://rt.com/on-air Subscribe to RT! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c... Like us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/RTnews Follow us on Twitter Follow us on

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