Tag: Sochi

Adler Arena, site of the long track speed skating competitions at the 2014 Winter Olympics, is lit up at night in the Olympic Park, Friday, Jan. 31, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Obama: Sochi Olympics ‘safe,’ some risks remain

Susan Crabtree · January 31, 2014 5:00 am

Interpol to help sniff out crime at Olympics

Washington Examiner · January 30, 2014 12:32 pm

National Security

US intel sees uptick in Olympic threat reports

Lolita Baldor · January 29, 2014 10:20 pm

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

Visitors pose in front of the Olympic rings at the 2014 Winter Olympics Saturday, Jan. 25, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. The Olympics begin Feb. 7th. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

GOP lawmaker can’t guarantee athletes’ safety in Sochi

Meghashyam Mali · January 26, 2014 5:00 am

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

Comcast to bring online Olympics coverage to TV

Ryan Nakashima · January 24, 2014 7:32 pm

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, left, talks with France's Minister of Defense Jean-Yves Le Drian, right, at the end of a news conference at the Pentagon in Washington, Friday, Jan. 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

National Security

Chuck Hagel: US can ‘extract’ Americans from Sochi

Brian Hughes · January 24, 2014 5:00 am

A Russian police officer searches a vehicle at an entrance to the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games park, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. The Olympics begin on Feb. 7. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

US sending FBI, diplomatic agents to Sochi to address security concerns

Meghashyam Mali · January 23, 2014 5:00 am

Warriors at the Olympics

Geoffrey Norman · January 22, 2014 8:22 pm

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)

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

Meghashyam Mali · January 22, 2014 5:00 am