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Russia, the location of the next winter games in the Black Sea resort town of Sochi, will be the host to the first-ever Olympics in a war zone region, according to Alina Inayeh, a Bucharest-based analyst for the German Marshall Fund of the United States. [1]
Russia, the location of the next Winter Games in the Black Sea resort town of Sochi, will be the host to the first-ever Olympics in a war zone region, according to Alina Inayeh, a Bucharest-based analyst for the German Marshall Fund of the United States. [2]
Normally a museum, during the Olympics it was the Sochi, Russia house. [3]
Sochi, Russia will be the host of the next Winter games. [4]
The 2010 Olympic host city of Vancouver, which has become the source of criticism in the international media over a string of controversies, could look like a church picnic compared to what might be in store for the world in 2014, according to an analyst with a prominent think tank. [1]
The 2010 Olympic host city of Vancouver, which has become the source of criticism in the international media over a string of controversies, could look like a church picnic compared to what might be in store for the world in 2014, according to an analyst with a prominent think-tank. [2]
Since Alexandria is from Russia and could speak English, we asked her what Sochi was like. [4]
Sochi, favoured by holidaying Russian leaders from dictator Joseph Stalin to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, borders Russia’s six autonomous republics of the Northern Caucasus region that has been plagued by human rights violations, according to Human Rights Watch. [2]
“Yes really excited, and we are looking forward to it with excitement,” Alexandria said. [4]
Her essay, while warning that Sochi’s location clashes in a symbolic way with traditional Olympic ideals, said the Games could provide Russia with an opportunity to resolve longstanding social, economic and political problems at the root of the regional conflicts. [...] “If the bad side of Vancouver has gotten so much attention, then I’m surprised that nobody paid attention to what’s going on around Sochi. [...] The region is “home of the Chechen wars and violent feuding that surfaced after the breakup of the Soviet Union and continues to date,” Inayeh wrote in an essay published this week. [2]
‘If the bad side of Vancouver has gotten so much attention, then I’m surprised that nobody paid attention to what’s going on around Sochi. [...] The region is ‘home of the Chechen wars and violent feuding that surfaced after the breakup of the Soviet Union and continues to date,’ Inayeh wrote in an essay published this week. [5]
VANCOUVER — As the Vancouver games wrap up, another city is ready to take the torch. [4]
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[1] Sochi Olympics will be held in ‘war zone’
[2] Troubles could pale compared to Sochi
[3] Sochi, Russia excited to be next home of Winter Olympics …
[4] ksl.com - Sochi, Russia excited to be next home of Winter …
[5] Troubles of 2010 Games could pale compared to Sochi in 2014