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Obama's Big Question: To Go or Not to Go, Copenhagen That is

Michael Russnow | Posted 11.29.2009 | Politics

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Obama is not a miracle maker, but he will have at least tried to win the IOC bid. And during it all, he and the government will continue in any necessary actions.

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Sochi Mayoral Election: Kremlin Favorite Wins As Opposition Candidate Claims Fraud

AP | STEVE GUTTERMAN | Posted 05.28.2009 | World

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SOCHI, Russia — The Kremlin favorite won an overwhelming victory in the mayoral election in the Russian city hosting the 2014 Winter Olympics, a...

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An Oligarch, a Poisoning Suspect and an Opposition Leader May Run For Mayor of Sochi

Russia Magazine | Posted 04.25.2009 | World

Read More: Sochi, Russia, 2014 Olympics, Russian Mayoral Elections, Alexander Lebedev, Russia Olympics 2014, Russia Olympics, Russia Political System, Alexander Litvinenko, Andrey Lugovoy, Putin, Russian Politics, Boris Nemtsov, Russian Oligarchs, World News

The city which hosts the Olympics in 2014 and becomes a showcase of Russian international standing over the next five years is up for grabs. That elevates the mayoral election in a small resort town of Sochi to the national level.

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Sochi 2014: Russia's Olympic Plans Plagued By Protests, Construction Delays And Economic Woes

Spiegel | Maik GrossekathÃ¶fer | Posted 03.30.2009 | World

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At 10 a.m. in the Caucasus Mountains, backhoes dig their way through the snow and trucks dump loads of sand. The sun is a yellowy white and it's -4 de...

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The Sochi Tea Party

Brian Whitmore | Posted 02.06.2009 | World

Read More: Sochi, Russian Economy, Russia, Vladimir Putin, Dmitry Medvedev, Sochi Tea Party, World News

There was likely more to this little puff piece than an editor looking for some light filler for the evening news broadcast.

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Practicing Paper Tigerism: Threatening to Boycott Russia's 2014 Sochi Olympics

Monroe Price | Posted 09.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Jimmy Carter, Robert Gates, Mia Farrow, Georgia, Sochi, Boycott, Russia, Mikheil Saakashvili, Vladamir Putin, Peter Ueberroth, Ted Turner, Olympics, Movies, Politics News

The lights are about to go out on Beijing 2008, and -- guess what -- there's already talk of a Georgia-related U.S.-organized boycott of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games.

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