sochi 2014
The President and CEO of Sochi 2014, Dmitry Chernyshenko, today revealed the Organizing Committee’s vision to deliver an innovative Olympic Flag Handover ceremony in Vancouver on Sunday night. [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. [...] 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]
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. [...] 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. [3]
The success of Sochi2014.ru World Russky Dom has exceeded our expectations. [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. [3]
“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. [2]
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. [3]
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]
Ekaterina Ilyukhina, winner of Russia’s first ever Olympic snowboard medal, visited Sochi World. [5]
The entire region is an extremely bad neighbourhood,” Inayeh told Canwest News Service in an interview yesterday. [2]
Inayeh, while stressing that she is not an expert on Olympic security, said the Games would provide a natural target for nearby rebels fighting Moscow’s authority over their territory. [3]
Rostelecom, Sochi 2014 general partner, provided the latest in technology to create a 3D holographic bridge between the two cities and its participants. [1]
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[1] Sochi 2014
[2] Sochi Olympics will be held in ‘war zone’
[3] Troubles of 2010 Games could pale compared to Sochi in 2014
[4] Sochi 2014
[5] Sochi 2014 Olympic Games Winter Olympics