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Torchbearers Mikhail Malyuga (L) and Alexander
Zaldostanov hold Olympic torches during the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics torch relay in Volgograd
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Militant Islamist video threatens Winter Olympics

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 20, 2014 | World

Moscow, Reuters—Two men said by Islamist militants to have carried out suicide attacks in south Russia appeared in a video donning explosive belts and warning President Vladimir Putin to expect a “present” at the Sochi Winter Olympics from fighters...

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Russian President Vladimir Putin puts a flower outside a wreckage of a trolleybus in Volgograd, Russia, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2014 (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service)

Opinion: Putin vs. the “Black Widows”

by Amir Taheri | Jan 3, 2014 | Opinion

As might have been expected, the latest suicide attacks in Volgograd have brought Russia back into the headlines just weeks before the opening of the Winter Olympics in Sochi. The attacks that claimed at least 60 lives and left many more injured were carried out by...

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Russian President Vladimir Putin (C) chairs a meeting with members of the Security Council at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, September 9, 2013 (REUTERS/Michael Klimentyev/RIA Novosti/Kremlin)

Putin: Security not improving fast enough in region near Olympics

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 9, 2013 | World

Moscow, Reuters—Russia’s president ordered intelligence agencies on Monday to step up efforts to secure a volatile region near next year’s Winter Olympics, saying the situation was not improving fast enough. Vladimir Putin has already signed a decree...