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Sochi - International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach on Monday expressed confidence that sufficient security would be provided for participants and guests during the Sochi Winter Olympics and claimed that organizational expenditure for the Sochi Olympics did not exceed that for the last games.

Bach told a news conference in Sochi that the IOC had complete confidence in security measures taken by the Russian authorities.

He also said the Olympics are not sites for political demonstrations and are sporting events pure and simple.

He claimed that organizational spending on the Sochi Olympics did not exceed what had been put into the previous games.

However, he said, the overall cost of the games was hard to estimate because Sochi and its region had been revamped completely. He expressed confidence that the local population would enjoy the fruits of Olympic investments for many years.