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#5: Test Review Using Current Events COPY THE FOLLOWING BEFORE THE VIDEO, THEN FILL THEM IN DURING THE VIDEO(S): _______________ is the current president of Russia. Because of the _________ _______________ climate near Sochi, officials are worried about a lack of snow. Ethnic conflict in Chechnya & Dagestan, Russian republics near the ______________ Mtns., is the cause of terrorist threats against Olympic athletes. Heightened security has caused some to nickname the Sochi Olympics the “___________ Olympics,” a reference to the brutality of _____________, the Soviet communist leader from 1925-1953.