by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 3, 2017 | World
Sochi (Russia) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel is currently on her first visit to Russia in two years. While she has firmly supported European sanctions on Moscow over the Crimea crisis and its role in the conflict in Eastern Ukraine, Merkel is seen as a major...
by Taha Abed alWahed | Dec 29, 2016 | World
Moscow – A team of experts began analyzing the second black box retrieved from the crash site of the Russian plane which crashed two minutes after its take off from Sochi. Russian authorities said on Thursday it would take at least 30 days to establish the cause of a...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 8, 2014 | Sports
Sochi, Reuters—Russia’s Winter Games got off to a shaky start on Friday when one of the five Olympic rings failed, but ballet dancers, stirring music and huge mechanical props tracing the host nation’s history propelled the opening ceremony forward. Only...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 4, 2014 | World
Sochi, AP—Heavy security and Russia’s anti-gay law should not detract from the Sochi Olympics, IOC President Thomas Bach said Monday. Bach also reiterated his defense of Russia’s massive spending on the Winter Games, saying the money is going to the...
by Amir Taheri | Jan 31, 2014 | Opinion
As Russia prepares to host the 22nd Winter Olympics next week, the adage about not “mixing sports with politics” is making the rounds in the media. In reality, however, sport—as indeed other areas of human activity—is linked to and affected by politics. And the Sochi...
