SOCHI, Russia (AP) — For an Olympics that was expected to be volatile from a political and security standpoint, the first 10 days of the Sochi Games were surprisingly quiet.

Russian officials took pains to try to eliminate distractions, secure the city and keep the focus on the games themselves, and they were largely successful at first. But over the last few days, a handful of demonstrations and confrontations have started to bubble to the surface to upset the tranquility that had been firmly established.