Nataliya Vasilyeva

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In a combo of frame grabs taken from Russian television, five snowflakes float together in Fisht Stadium during the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, Friday, Feb. 7, 2014. During the live ceremony, the fifth ring failed to fully open to create the Olympics rings. On Russian television, producers inserted footage from a dress rehearsal when all five rings joined together and erupted in pyrotechnics.(AP Photo)

Russian TV shows doctored video of Olympic rings

Nataliya Vasilyeva · February 8, 2014 7:49 am

Stray dogs sit outside the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park course, a venue for the snowboarding and freestyle competitions of the 2014 Winter Olympics, in Sochi, Russia, Monday, Feb. 3, 2014. A pest control company which has been killing stray dogs in Sochi for years told The Associated Press on Monday that it has a contract to exterminate more of the animals throughout the Olympics. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

Sochi city hall orders killing of stray dogs

Nataliya Vasilyeva · February 3, 2014 6:04 pm

Environmental activist jailed during Olympics

Nataliya Vasilyeva · February 3, 2014 4:15 pm

Policemen walk past a stray dog near the Media Center of the 2014 Winter Olympics, Monday, Feb. 3, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia.(AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

Sochi city hall orders killing of stray dogs

Nataliya Vasilyeva · February 3, 2014 12:40 pm

The sun rises at the RusSki Gorki Jumping Center of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia, where the snow and sliding sports venues for the 2014 Winter Olympics are located. (AP Photo/Gero Breloer)

Russian PM calls for plans for Sochi venues

Nataliya Vasilyeva · February 1, 2014 1:50 pm

A view of the Olympic Park and seaside of the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, Monday, Jan. 27, 2014. Russia has spent about $51 billion to deliver the Winter Olympics in Sochi, which run Feb. 7-23. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

Media watchdog blasts Sochi restrictions

Nataliya Vasilyeva · January 28, 2014 10:25 am

FILE In this Sunday, Oct. 27, 2013 file photo Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny takes part at an opposition rally in downtown Moscow. Russiaâs top opposition leader and anti-corruption campaigner Alexei Navalny on Monday, Jan. 27, 2014, launched a website to publish a wide range of data pointing to corruption in Sochi. Russia has spent about $51 billion to deliver the Winter Olympics in Sochi, which run Feb. 7-23. (AP Photo/ Ebgeny Feldman, file )

Russian activist publishes Sochi corruption file

Nataliya Vasilyeva · January 27, 2014 7:25 pm

In this photo taken Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014, a man with an umbrella stands on the pier in central Sochi, Russia. The Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi is hosting the Winter Games on Feb. 7-23. (AP Photo/Nataliya Vasilyeva)

Sochi Olympic scene: Busy workers, glitzy venues

Nataliya Vasilyeva · January 26, 2014 12:25 pm

A photo of a police leaflet seen in a Sochi hotel on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014, shows Ruzanna Ibragimova and states that she is at large in the city of Sochi. Russian security officials are hunting down three potential female suicide bombers, one of whom is believed to be in Sochi, where the Winter Olympics will begin next month. Police leaflets seen by an Associated Press reporter at a central Sochi hotel on Tuesday contain warnings about three potential suicide bombers. Police said that Ruzanna Ibragimova, depicted in a mug shot wearing a pink hijab, was at large in Sochi. (AP Photo/Natalya Vasilyeva)

Sochi forces hunt for 3 potential suicide bombers

Nataliya Vasilyeva · January 21, 2014 7:21 pm

Earthquake hits Russia’s Far East

Nataliya Vasilyeva · May 24, 2013 4:33 pm

Moscow blasts alleged vote theft at Eurovision

Nataliya Vasilyeva · May 21, 2013 12:06 pm

In this Thursday, Oct. 14, 2010 file photo, then, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, second right, Formula One chief Bernie Ecclestone, second left, and Oleg Deripaska, toast after a signing ceremony in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, southern Russia. Oleg Deripaska's Basic Element, insists its projects were all designed to be profitable. The company is building an Olympic village and a seaport and has just finished revamping the Sochi airport, for a combined cost of $1.4 billion.

Russian oligarchs foot most of 2014 Sochi Olympics

Nataliya Vasilyeva · May 20, 2013 4:00 am