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The Sochi Olympics Are a Five-Ring Mess
“Sochi is a unique place,” Putin told the International Olympic Committee in 2007, when his personal touch helped Russia win the chance to host the 2014 Winter Games. Since then, he's mired Russia in political and environmental cover-ups and confusion, creating an exhausted citizenry and a feeling of cagy distrust among conservationists.
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The film Russia tried to block: The 'threats and corruption' behind Sochi Olympics
A documentary alleging that behind the scenes of the Winter Olympics in Sochi lies greed, extortion and environmental damage is screened for the first time on Sunday.
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German President Boycotting Sochi Olympics
German President Joachim Gauck is boycotting the Winter Olympics and will not travel to Sochi, Russia next year. Der Spiegel reports that Gauck took the decision in protest against human rights violations and the harassment of Russian opposition political figures.
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US Picks Gay Athletes as Sochi Delegates
In what will be viewed largely as a response to Russia's discriminatory anti-gay laws, President Barack Obama has selected former tennis great Billie Jean King and former hockey player ...
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Putin vows to annihilate 'terrorists' after suicide bombings
President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday vowed to annihilate all "terrorists" following two deadly bomb attacks in the southern Russian city of Volgograd that raised security fears ahead of the Winter Olympics.
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Russia's deadly black widow cult that threatens Olympians
THEY are young, female, and in love - and they are the doomed followers of a man known as Russia's Osama bin Laden. They are the "black widows" of Russia's extremist terrorist group and are selected for death almost from the moment they join up. Lured by the promise of a key role in a coming Russian holy war led by a charismatic madman with bin Laden-style aims, the women - some still in their teens - enjoy a brief, passionate relationships with Russian men who are also terror recruits.
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The Waste and Corruption of Vladimir Putin's 2014 Winter Olympics
Behind the Sochi Games' $51 billion price tag
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An empire dies slowly
For all the lavishness of Putin's $50 billion Olympic splurge, the events will take place not just on the bones of ancestors, but on the still crumbling infrastructure of a Soviet empire that money and hard power cannot rebuild.
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How The Sochi Olympics Became A $51 Billion Quagmire
The Sochi Olympic games will be the most expensive ever held, by an egregious amount. $51 billion in total, and since Winter Olympics are smaller than Summer games, the Russian government is spending an average of $520 million per event--four times as much as the previous record-holder, China. Where is all the money going? Into various pockets, naturally.
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The Real Story Behind the Kerrigan Attack: 20 Years Later
The Tonya Harding-Nancy Kerrigan affair began with unchecked ambition, unbridled greed and a whack to the knee. It ended with four men in jail, a broken shoelace and a highly publicized mouthing-off, at Disney World...
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Lindsey Vonn out of Sochi Olympics
The comeback is on ice as Lindsey Vonn's knee troubles are too much to overcome in time for Sochi.
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Three Croatian cyclists set out on journey to Sochi
Three experienced cyclists set out from Zagreb on Saturday for Sochi, Russia, on a 2,988-kilometre journey which they plan to complete by the start of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, February 7.
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Russia begins Olympic security lockdown
Russia has began implementing stringent security measures in its southern resort of Sochi, one month before the start of the Winter Olympics there. Tens of thousands of Russian police, security agents, rescue workers and soldiers were being deployed on Tuesday for the games, which run February 7 to 23. Vladimir Puchkov, who heads the Emergency Situations Ministry, said all of his security units for Sochi were on duty as of Tuesday.
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Five Bodies, Bomb Found in Southern Russia Ahead of Sochi Games
Bodies with gunshot wounds and an undetonated bomb were discovered in cars
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Russia says militants seized with bomb in south
Five members of a banned militant group were arrested in southern Russia on Saturday and a homemade bomb packed with shrapnel was defused, in another security scare weeks before the Winter Olympics in Sochi. Islamist militants have threatened to attack the games and suicide bombers killed at least 34 people last month in Volgograd, also in southern Russia.
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The Olympics' Social Media Secret Weapon
The 2012 Olympic Games were accurately described by many as the world's "first social Games" for the unprecedented ways in which digital communication connected athletes, media and fans. For the International Olympic Committee (IOC) this meant promoting the Games online played out more or less like you'd expect, primarily happening on Facebook and Twitter. But this year's Winter Olympics require a different approach, according to Alex Huot, the IOC's social media director.
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Jamaican Bobsled Team Qualifies for 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics
You know, somebody could make a movie about this someday. Jamaica's two-man bobsled team of Winston Watts and Marvin Dixon qualified for the 2014 Olympics in Sochi. It's the first time a Jamaican bobsled team has qualified for the Winter Olympics since 2002.
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Olympics terror dragnet: Russia hunts as many as four 'black widows'
Russian security services may be looking for as many as four “black widows” dispatched to carry out terrorist attacks related to the Winter Olympics, including at least one woman believed to be in or near the Olympic city of Sochi, U.S. and Russian sou …
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Sochi Winter Olympics: Video threat emerges amid security concerns
A video surfaces threatening the Winter Olympics. Russia's President vows the Games will be safe. Some U.S. lawmakers warn that they won't be. One thing was clear as debate over the situation surged on Sunday: security is a top concern, less than three weeks away from the competition. "It's a very serious fear," Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, told CNN's State of the Union Sunday.
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Sjinkie Knegt disqualified for obscene gesture towards Russia's Viktor Ahn
Three-time Olympic short track gold medallist Viktor Ahn was left to celebrate after leading Russia to team relay glory at the European Championship in Dresden, but it seems that his Netherlands’ counterpart Sjinkie Knegt was far from happy with defeat.
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