Ukraine’s embattled president, Viktor Yanukovych, found himself squeezed between mounting pressure by the United States and Russia on Thursday as the former cold war superpowers sought to influence a political crisis wracking his ex-Soviet satellite state. Yanukovych late Thursday was
In addition to the nearly 500 snowmaking machines that will be in Sochi, Sochi organizers have been literally preparing for the Winter Games in Russia’s sub-tropical resort town by saving snow from previous Russian winters in case the machines cannot
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Homeland Security Department is warning airlines flying to Russia that terrorists may try to smuggle explosives on board hidden in toothpaste tubes. The threat is to airlines that have direct flights to Russia, including some that
Britain has been overtaken in military spending by a Saudi Arabia empowered by United States military aid, a new report has revealed. Military Balance 2014, produced by the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) think-tank, has revealed that in 2013,
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power on Wednesday discussed “disturbing” trends in Russia with previously jailed members of the Russian punk band Pussy Riot, prompting Moscow’s U.N. envoy to ask if she was joining
The U.S. Government has warned airlines flying into Russia to be on the lookout for explosives in toothpaste tubes. NBC’s Pete Williams reported that that the “advisory is directed to airline flights that originate outside the United States.” “Out of
Russian police did not want Nastia Liukin on their grass on Wednesday. Liukin was born in Russia. Her father was a famous gymnast for the Soviet Union, but Liukin won a gold medal with the United States in 2012, and
A plurality of Russians believe the cost of the Sochi Games has soared due to widespread corruption. The Levada Research Group poll found that “47 percent of people believed the cost of hosting the Games, widely expected to pass $50
A majority of Americans believe that a terrorist attack during the Sochi Games is likely. According to the CNN/ORC poll, “57% said a terrorist attack on the Sochi Games was likely. That compares with the 51% who believed before the
ROSA KHUTOR, Russia (Reuters) – Irked by stories of unfinished hotels just days before the Sochi Olympics are due to start, the owners of one major complex took reporters on a three-hour tour on Wednesday to prove they were ready
Two members of the Russian punk band Pussy Riot are making the media rounds, with one saying the group is “proud” that singing in a church brought the ire of the Russian government down on them. Member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova told
How did an unknown summer resort with stray dogs roaming its streets, a civil war raging nearby, and hotels without heat, shower curtains, or clean water land the Winter Olympics? It’s not as though alternatives didn’t exist. Instead of squalor,
Russian tennis queen Maria Sharapova may live in Florida and talk with an American accent… but speaking in her home town of Sochi on Wednesday she made it clear her loyalties lie with the country of her birth. The four-time
SOCHI, Russia (AP) — The IOC has been urged not to pay sports to attend the Olympics during talks on its relations with North American professional leagues. The NHL has yet to commit to the Olympics beyond Sochi. Major League
One of the world’s biggest traffickers of heroin may have been responsible for securing the Winter Olympic Games for Russia. Gafur Rakhimov is reportedly a “key member of a Russian-Asian crime network called the Brothers’ Circle,” and the U.S. government
The woman Russian President Vladimir Putin may be dating could light the Olympic flame during Friday’s opening ceremony at the Winter Olympics in Sochi. Alina Kabayeva, the 2004 Olympic rhythmic gymnastics champion, “has long been rumored to be Putin’s lover,” but
Canadian snowboarder Sebastien Toutant arrived in Russia before the Olympic Games to find a list of rules posted in the bathrooms. Among forbidden activities is fishing. Well that’s interesting… Sochi rules in the bathrooms!! #haha #olympics pic.twitter.com/xacSVimwXY — Sebastien Toutant
Nearly seven years ago, Russian President Vladimir Putin successfully won the bid to host this week’s Winter Olympics in Sochi. For Putin, this is an opportunity to show off Russia as a leader on an international stage. For others, this
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier announced on January 30th: “As correct as the policy of military restraint is, it must not be misunderstood as a culture of standing aside.” In a full-page interview under the headline “Germany and the World,”
Kremlin officials say the Sochi Olympic Games will be protected by a “ring of steel.” The extra caution is the result of Islamist threats to target the games, which will last from February 7 through February 23. Fox News says
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Authorities in Sochi, Russia hired a private company to kill stray dogs in the city before the 2014 Winter Olympics kicks off on February 6. Alexei Sorokin owns Basia Services and said the strays are a threat to people. “I
Meet Preet Bharara, the U.S. prosecutor who last week indicted anti-Obama filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza on campaign finance charges. Mr. Bharara is the snapping jaws of Attorney General Eric H. Holder’s junkyard attack dog and the velvet fixer of President Obama’s
LONDON (AP) — Russian men who down large amounts of vodka — and too many do — have an “extraordinarily” high risk of an early death, a new study says. Researchers tracked about 151,000 adult men in the Russian cities
SOCHI, Russia (AP) — While Sochi’s Olympic venues are now among the most tightly guarded facilities in the world, the rest of this sprawling Black Sea resort looks more vulnerable. With about 100,000 police, security agents and army troops flooding
