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In this photo taken Monday, Jan. 12, 2015, a woman chooses a T-shirt in a shop selling T-shirts with a portrait of Russian President Vladimir Putin, front, in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia. One year after Russia hosted the Winter Games, most of the Olympic venues stand empty and billionaires that the Kremlin asked to foot half of the bill are in a hurry to offload the unprofitable assets. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky) In this photo taken Monday, Jan. 12, 2015, a woman chooses a T-shirt in a shop selling T-shirts with a portrait of Russian President Vladimir Putin, front, in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia. One year after Russia hosted the Winter Games, most of the Olympic venues stand empty and billionaires that the Kremlin asked to foot half of the bill are in a hurry to offload the unprofitable assets. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

By Associated Press February 5, 2015 2 min read

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:

1. FRENCH, GERMAN LEADERS TO PUSH UKRAINE PEACE INITIATIVE

Hollande and Merkel will travel to Kiev and then to Moscow with a proposal “based on the territorial integrity of Ukraine.”

2. SOCHI’S COSTLY LEGACY A HEADACHE FOR PUTIN

The 2014 Winter Olympics’ overrun costs are forcing Russian taxpayers to pick up the tab as oligarchs offload investments in facilities to recoup millions of dollars.