A video surfaces threatening the Winter Olympics. Russia's President vows the Games will be safe. Some U.S. lawmakers warn that they won't be.
But, he said, Russia has a "perfect understanding" of the threat and how to stop it.
"We've prepared a present for you and all tourists who'll come over," the video says. "If you will hold the Olympics, you'll get a present from us for the Muslim blood that's been spilled."
Last month's attacks in Volgograd, a major transit hub about 650 kilometers (400 miles) away from Sochi, sparked concerns over security as the Olympics approach.
"We will try to make certain that the security measures are not intrusive or too conspicuous, so they are not too noticeable for the athletes, the Olympics' guests or journalists," Putin said, according to the interview transcript.
Putin: 'No danger' for gay visitorsRussia's stance on gay rights has been another area of concern for many visitors.
The legislation makes it illegal to tell children about gay equality and has been widely criticized by Western leaders, who have called it archaic and discriminatory.
not of homosexuality, but of homosexuality and child abuse, child sexual abuse. But this has nothing to do with persecuting individuals for their sexual orientation," he said.
"So there is no danger for people of such nontraditional sexual orientation who are planning to come to the Games as guests or participants."
He suggested the problem was a universal one, where companies underestimate costs in the tendering process in order to win the project, and then push the price back up.
COVER STORY AS THE SOCHI OLYMPIC GAMES KICK OFF, EVERYONE'S TALKING ABOUT HOMOPHOBIA IN RUSSIA, BUT NOBODY'S TALKING ABOUT FIGURE SKATING'S GAY PROBLEM
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Hutt City Libraries' innovative digital literacy programme Stepping UP, has returned to five Hutt City Libraries after a record number enrolments in 2014.
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Cybrary.it, the free cybersecurity MOOC program that launched last week in Greenbelt, has already enrolled more than 10,000 students, according to CEO Ralph Sita.
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