An Olympics in the Shadow of a War Zone
The Olympic Games that begin this week in Russia will be held just around the corner from one of the most violent parts of Europe. About 300 miles east of the Olympic city of Sochi, north of the Caucasus Mountains, the Russian army has fought two full-scale wars with Chechen separatists. As the wars wound down, Islamic extremism spread throughout the region, forcing Moscow to put the Games into a security lockdown.
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