Russian energy giant Gazprom, not a Belarusian...

Belarusian diversified consumer services group Triple backtracked last week on its plans to invest 257 million rubles (some $8.7 million) in a 20,000-capacity biathlon complex in the Russian Black Sea resort city.

The Russian government said it had removed Triple"s biathlon complex from the list of Olympic facilities to be built.

Instead, Gazprom which was initially responsible for the construction of a cross-country skiing facility will now have to combine it with a biathlon complex.

The government said in a resolution the integrated complex would be designed for an audience of 16,000.

Relations between Moscow and Minsk have been soured by a series economic and political disputes, including Russian energy supplies, last year"s milk export row and Belarus" reluctance to sign a deal to set up a post-Soviet rapid reaction force.

Last March"s commitment by Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko to build one of the Olympic sites in Sochi has been

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