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Gay rights demonstrators organize Olympic rallies

February 5, 2014February 6, 2014 VOANews Russia, Sochi Olympics

Protests are being organized around the world against Russia’s anti-gay law, as athletes prepare to compete in the Sochi Winter

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World 

Global protests of Russia’s anti-gay laws before Sochi Olympics

January 31, 2014February 6, 2014 The Prague Post Russia, Sochi Olympics

All Out, an international nongovernmental organization calling for the equality of LGBT individuals, announced a Global Speak Out to support

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World 

European Olympic committees receive threats to athletes at Sochi Games

January 22, 2014February 6, 2014 VOANews Sochi Olympics

The Olympic committees of several European countries say they have received messages containing terrorist threats connected to next month’s Winter

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President Plevneliev to attend Sochi Olympic Games closing ceremony

January 20, 2014February 10, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Plamen Oresharski, Rossen Plevneliev, Sochi Olympics

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev has confirmed that he will attend the February 23 closing ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Oresharski spurns boycott of Sochi Olympics

January 15, 2014February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Plamen Oresharski, Rossen Plevneliev, Sochi Olympics

Plamen Oresharski, occupant of the prime minister’s chair in the Bulgarian Socialist Party government, will attend the opening ceremony of

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Sport 

Fifth time lucky for legendary Jágr

January 9, 2014February 6, 2014 Daniel Bardsley for The Prague Post Sochi Olympics

It was 16 years ago that Jaromír Jágr was part of the team that won Olympic gold for the Czech

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Behind Putin’s surprise release of Khodorkovsky: Sochi and self-confidence?

December 22, 2013February 6, 2014 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief Russia, Sochi Olympics

Two weeks ago, Russian prosecutors told reporters they were preparing a third case against Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the Russian oil tycoon

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Russia’s anti-gay law tests Olympic tenets

September 13, 2013February 6, 2014 David Byrd of VOANews Russia, Sochi Olympics

The Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia, are less than six month months away.  But a controversy over a Russian

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Russia Watch: Russia promotes safe Olympics, downplays Caucasus link

May 14, 2013February 6, 2014 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief Russia, Sochi Olympics

Why was British Prime Minister David Cameron helicoptering around the Caucasus Mountains recently with Russian President Vladimir Putin? Ostensibly Putin,

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