Sochi

Circassian protest on Times Square in 2011.
Culture
The day to remember the ‘forgotten genocide’
Watching the 2014 World Cup final at a pub in Moscow.  Russia hosts the next World Cup in 2018, and Russian fans are hoping it will go as well as the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
Sports
Russians will be proud to host the 2018 World Cup, if their team can up its game
Kelly Gallagher of Great Britain and guide Charlotte Evans in the Women's Super-G - Visually Impaired during day three of Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games.
Sports
In Paralympic slalom racing, you are flying nearly blind — with your teammate
Kelly Gallagher of Great Britain and guide Charlotte Evans in the Women's Super-G - Visually Impaired during day three of Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games.
Sports
In Paralympic slalom racing, you are flying nearly blind — with your teammate
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Global Politics
Ukraine is damaging Russia’s $50 billion Olympic makeover
The ad hoc opening ceremony to the 'Open Games' in Moscow.
Lifestyle & Belief
LGBT games in Russia met by thugs, bomb threats, and official obstruction
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
Russia's President Vladimir Putin (C) visits Team Ukraine House at the Olympic Park during the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics Games February 15, 2014.
Sports
Is Ukraine’s violence overshadowing Putin’s Olympics?
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
A copy of Argumenty i Fakty, a weekly newspaper from Moskow, is on sale at a Brighton Beach shop.
Sports
In the Russian-American community of Brighton Beach, the Sochi Olympics are big
Global Scan
Why does this Ukrainian have a green stain on his face?
"The Sochi Project" is a multimedia endeavor to show the side of Sochi most Olympic tourists don't see. Photographer Robert Hornstra captures various characters from the region like Olga, the manager of strip club in the center of Sochi.
Arts, Culture & Media
These photos show a side of Sochi most Olympic tourists won’t see
Global Scan
If you live in a dangerous place, a new app from Lebanon can reassure your family
Global Scan
A Russian billionaire offers to help save the dogs of Sochi
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
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Sports
The 2014 Olympic Games begin with an image remake for Russia
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
Lifestyle & Belief
Are we actually pushing Russia further away by shining such an intense spotlight on its questionable practices?
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
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Sports
With the world’s spotlight now on Sochi, what’s the city like from the resident’s perspective?
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
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Sports
Russia steps away from its Soviet past one cuddly Olympic mascot at a time
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’
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?
Conflict & Justice
Russia plans a Christmas present for Pussy Riot and the Arctic 30 — but is it just packaging?
Billie Jean King
Sports
It’s King versus Putin in ‘Battle of the Sexes’ 2
Global Politics
Vancouver’s openly gay deputy mayor is going to Sochi on a mission
Conflict & Justice
George Takei Backs Petition to Move Sochi Olympics
Sports
Slideshow: Sochi Prepares for the Winter Olympics
Arts, Culture & Media
Geo answer
Global Politics
Rethinking 2014 winter Olympics site