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Russian activist publishes Sochi corruption file

January 27, 2014 7:25 pm

A Russian police officer searches a driver as his vehicle is also screened at an entrance to the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games park, Thursday, Jan. 23, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Rep. Michael McCaul: Sochi security risk ‘greatest’ ever seen

Zack Colman -

January 26, 2014 5:00 am

A worker leaves after checking ice conditions at the Iceberg Skating Palace at the 2014 Winter Olympics on Saturday in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Sports

Upcoming Winter Olympics to take center stage on Sunday shows

Associated Press -

January 25, 2014 5:00 am

FILE - In this Friday, June 3, 2011 file photo, former Yukos CEO Mikhail Khodorkovsky's co-defendant Platon Lebedev walks to a court room in Moscow, Russia. Platon Lebedev walked free late Friday according to the Russian federal penal service. Russia's highest court ruled Thursday to free him three months early, after spending more than 10 years in prison. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)

Business

Khodorkovsky’s business partner Lebedev set free

Washington Examiner -

January 24, 2014 9:06 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that a force of 40,000 officers has been deployed and the competition site has been blocked to cars not registered in Sochi as part of security tactics dubbed the

National Security

Terrorists threaten Olympic security

Tim Mak -

January 24, 2014 5:00 am

Former GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney said President Obama was

National Security

Mitt Romney: Vladimir Putin ‘has outperformed’ Obama

Meghashyam Mali -

January 24, 2014 5:00 am

FILE - In this Dec. 30, 2010 file photo, former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, left, and his co-defendant Platon Lebedev talk behind a glass enclosure at a courtroom in Moscow. Russia's highest court ruled Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014 to free jailed business partner Lebedev of Khodorkovsky about three months early, but left in place a back tax claim of 17 billion rubles ($500 million) against Khodorkovsky that will in effect prevent him from returning to Russia. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr, File)

Business

Russian court frees Khodorkovsky business partner

Lynn Berry -

January 23, 2014 1:43 pm

Editorial cartoons

Editorial cartoon: Russia on patrol

Washington Examiner -

January 23, 2014 5:00 am

An Orthodox priest prays in front of police officers as they block a street after clashes in central Kiev, Ukraine, on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Foreign Policy

White House threatens Ukrainian government with sanctions

Susan Crabtree -

January 23, 2014 5:00 am

In this photo provided by Olympictorch2014.com, Olympic torch bearers Kamil Larin, left, and Yelena Slesarenko put their torches together during an Olympic torch relay in Volgograd, a city on the Volga River about 800 kilometers (about 500 miles) south of Moscow, Russia, Monday, Jan. 20, 2014 with a monument to Motherland at the background. The 65,000-kilometer (40,389 mile) Sochi torch relay, which started on Oct. 7, is the longest in Olympic history. The torch has traveled to the North Pole on a Russian nuclear-powered icebreaker and has even been flown into space. (AP Photo/Olympictorch2014.com)

Foreign Policy

White House sees ‘uptick in threat reporting’ ahead of Sochi Olympics

Meghashyam Mali -

January 22, 2014 5:00 am

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