In this task, you will be presented with a passage and have to answer a question based on your understanding of the events inferred from the passage. Try to find the best answer that is most likely to fill in "_". Note that the URLs in the text have been replaced with [Link].

As the opening of next month's Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, approaches, the controversies surrounding the games seem to accumulate by the day. These have included criticism of Russia's human rights record, particularly its treatment of homosexuals, its environmental policies and, with the recent suicide bombings in Volgograd, its anti-terrorism actions and strategy in the Caucasus. Calls to boycott the games and other international pressure have led Russia to release high-profile dissidents including Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the ex-oil tycoon, and members of the punk band Pussy Riot. Yet for all the heat generated in these controversies, one of the most significant issues of all surrounding the Olympics has been nearly ignored: Recognition of the indigenous people of Sochi, the Circassians.Frankie Martin: Sochi's indigenous people largely ignored in run-up to OlympicsPutin's talk of Sochi's history leaves out Circassians, purged by Russia in 19th centuryHe notes outcry from Circassian diaspora over Games being sited on graves of forebearsMartin: Other Olympic hosts have recognized indigenous people; Russia can still do this 
 Question:Despite Russia's failures on the Circassian issue, _ still has time to act.
Putin