<blockquote>So far, though, the security measures have been obvious and oppressive -- and the athletes and guests have yet to arrive. Residents of Sochi have <a href="http://www.privetsochi.ru/blog/bred_sochi/40564.html#cut" rel="external">endured </a>emergency evacuations of the new railway station in Adler. Rail commuters must get special permission to transport liquids, laser and high-frequency devices, bicycles, tools and winter sports equipment. Since Jan. 7, out-of-town cars have been banned from entering the Sochi area and required to park in special lots at least 60 miles from the city center. Nikolai Yarst, a reporter for the Ura.ru site in the Ural Mountains city of Yekaterinburg, visited checkpoints at the city limits and <a href="http://goo.gl/YGsCtG" rel="external">found</a> long lines of cars with Sochi plates awaiting a painstaking examination by police.</blockquote>
via <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-01-21/sochi-the-maximum-security-olympics.html">Sochi, the Maximum-Security Olympics - Bloomberg</a>.