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Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, shakes hands with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, during their joint news conference following Russian-Turkish talks in the Black sea resort of Sochi, Russia, on October 22, 2019.
Conflict & Justice
Turkish diplomat: Syria deal ‘huge step’ for Turkish national security
At the all-Russian Track and Field championships in Sochi, it's a little lonely: just the athletes, coaches, and a smattering of fans. The competitors are waiting to find out if they'll be allowed to compete in Rio.
Sports
Amid a doping scandal, Russian athletes wait to hear whether they can compete in Rio
A Kremlin spokesman — and a watch
Global Politics
Kremlin Watch: How does a Russian public servant afford a $620,000 watch?
Moscow's pedestrian underpasses technically have ramps, but you wouldn't want to go down them in a wheelchair. Some of them are pitched at a 45 degree angle.
Sports
Russians are turning out like never before for Paralympians in Sochi
Moscow's pedestrian underpasses technically have ramps, but you wouldn't want to go down them in a wheelchair. Some of them are pitched at a 45 degree angle.
Sports
Russians are turning out like never before for Paralympians in Sochi
Sochi
Global Politics
Ukraine is damaging Russia’s $50 billion Olympic makeover
The Soviet-era central government complex in Sukhumi was nearly destroyed during the destructive 1992-93 war of secession that killed more than 20,000 people and forced more than 200,000 ethnic Georgians from their homes.
Conflict & Justice
Abkhazians are missing out on Russia’s $51 billion Olympic party
Sports
After all the talk about security in Sochi, things have been pretty smooth
Children pose for a picture outside of the Sochi Olympic Park.
Arts, Culture & Media
The Sochi Olympics project a happier, friendlier Russia. Locals wish that were true
Sports
A Canadian curling legend is going for gold as coach of China’s curling team
Russia Bobsled
Sports
Visitors to the Sochi Olympics are enthralled, residents are less so
Sports
In Sochi, a pop star won first while a violinist finished last
Team USA's new 2-man bobsled is set to make its Olympic debut this weekend in Sochi.
Sports
US bobsledders go for gold next week, driving a BMW
Downhill Skiing Gold
Sports
Two downhill skiers tie for an Olympic gold medal, but did one actually win?
Women's Ice Hockey
Sports
In women’s Olympic ice hockey, the US-Canada rivalry is mean and deep
Arts, Culture & Media
Here’s your handy pronunciation guide to the Sochi Olympics
"Mountain people" from the 1860s. These warriors held off the Russian empire for 47 years. Many were ethnically cleansed after the Russian conquest in 1864.
Conflict & Justice
Sochi has a long and difficult past, including a little-known genocide
Global Scan
Could São Paulo’s drought affect the World Cup this summer?
Paul Varadian
Business, Economics and Jobs
The Olympics are launching small-town Sochi into an international sports-hosting future
Preliminary events got underway in Sochi Thursday. Here, Poland's Kamil Stoch soars through the air during the men's ski jumping individual normal hill training event. But much attention is still focused on security.
Conflict & Justice
A warning about explosives in toothpaste tubes, just the latest among security worries at Sochi
Sports
Could these Canadian sisters sweep the freestyle skiing podium in Sochi?
Lyubov Varicheva teaches English at the Sochi College of Multicultural Education in Russia. She says because of "volunteering" demands on teachers here, her students probably won’t get much in the way of instruction during the Sochi Winter Olympics.
Sports
Many in Sochi are excited to show off their city for the Olympics — but not all
Environment
Will orcas be put on display at Sochi?
Environment
Will climate change kill the winter Olympics?
Global Scan
If there are no gays, Mr. Mayor, why the gay bars?
Sochi has been struggling to make its public spaces handicapped accessible, including sidewalk markings for the visually impaired. Two weeks before the Olympics, there was still work to be done.
Sports
Sochi says goodbye to its Soviet era and hello to a modern Olympics
US luger sliders
Sports
The new Olympic luge relay race has three sleds, four racers and a touchpad
A view of the Bolshoi Ice Palace in the Adler district of Sochi. The building is the hockey venue for the Sochi 2014 Olympics, which begin on February 7th. After the Olympics, it will serve as a sports arena and concert venue.
Sports
There’s a reason the Sochi Olympics are called ‘Putin’s Games’
Sports
While the world worries about Olympic security, Russian citizens seem unconcerned
India's Shiva K.P. Keshavan speeds down the track during a training run for the men's singles luge in preparation for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics in Whistler, British Columbia. Keshavan will be at Sochi, along with two other athletes from India, bu
Sports
India’s Olympic athletes will be at Sochi, but not their country
One of the roughly 40,000 Russian police and security agents on duty in Sochi.
Conflict & Justice
When everything goes wrong, this US company is ready with rescue plans for the Sochi Olympics
Shaun White competes during slopestyle qualifying for the US Grand Prix at Breckenridge Ski Resort in Colorado.
Sports
The Sochi Olympics will have new, faster-paced events
Russian police check a driver's documents in Sochi December 30, 2013.
Sports
Russia ramps up Olympic security in Sochi, but can they do it with a smile?
Russian police check a driver's documents in Sochi December 30, 2013. The International Olympic Committee has no doubt Russian authorities will be able to provide security at the Winter Olympics, a spokeswoman said on Monday after two bomb blasts killed t
Conflict & Justice
What will it take to secure the Winter Olympics in Sochi?
Sports
Women are finally cleared for flight in Sochi
Global Politics
Vancouver’s openly gay deputy mayor is going to Sochi on a mission
Global Scan
Will that be cash, check or bitcoin?
Gay rights activists in Moscow hold a banner protesting a ban on gay pride parades during the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics.
Lifestyle & Belief
Three months to the Sochi Olympics, and Coke is under pressure
Conflict & Justice
No Controversy Over LGBT Athletes at World Championships in Russia
Conflict & Justice
George Takei Backs Petition to Move Sochi Olympics
Global Politics
Reports: Snowden granted temporary asylum in Russia
Sports
Slideshow: Sochi Prepares for the Winter Olympics
Arts, Culture & Media
Geo answer: fifty miles