- 16:50 09/08/2013
International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge said Friday there are “still uncertainties” over how Russia’s controversial anti-gay legislation might affect athletes and spectators at the Sochi 2014 Olympics, and the IOC has asked for clarification before issuing an official stance.
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- 13:04 08/08/2013
Russia’s women’s hockey team faces a thrashing if it meets the United States at next year’s Winter Olympics, one of Russia’s top forwards told R-Sport Wednesday.
- 10:19 08/08/2013
A brief look at what is in the Russian papers today
- 23:34 07/08/2013
A senior Russian Foreign Ministry official on Wednesday deflected Western criticism of the so-called anti-gay law, saying the recently adopted legislation did not violate the rights of sexual minorities in the country but was aimed at protecting minors.2
- 20:38 07/08/2013
Local authorities near Sochi, Russia have harassed, bullied and filed criminal charges against activists and journalists who have criticized preparations for the upcoming 2014 Winter Games, international rights group Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Wednesday.1
- 19:45 07/08/2013
On its record-breaking journey across Russia’s vast territory, the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics torch relay will visit the remote, northwestern Plesetsk space center and the country’s largest power plant at the Sayano-Shushenskaya dam in south-central Siberia, organizing committee officials announced Wednesday.
- 19:03 07/08/2013
Gay rights will not be infringed upon before, during or after the Sochi 2014 Winter Games, Russian Deputy Prime Minister and Olympic supervisor Dmitry Kozak insisted Wednesday.1
- 18:38 07/08/2013
Film and television star Stephen Fry urged the British prime minister and the International Olympics Committee on Wednesday to impose an “absolute ban” on the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi for what he described as Russia’s persecution of gays.1
- 10:19 06/08/2013
A brief look at what is in the Russian papers today
- 19:53 05/08/2013
More than 80 members of Congress have called on US Secretary of State John Kerry to take steps to ensure the safety of gay American athletes, staff and spectators at the winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia next year, a US congressman said Monday .1
- 10:20 02/08/2013
A brief look at what is in the Russian papers today
- 14:29 30/07/2013
Alexander Edler is set to miss Sweden's first two games of the Sochi Olympic hockey tournament after the International Ice Hockey Federation ruled that that the defenseman's suspension for a brutal hit at the world championships in May would extend to the 2014 Winter Games in Russia.
- 16:48 26/07/2013
The International Olympic Committee told R-Sport on Friday that it had received “assurances from the highest level” of Russian government that athletes and spectators at next year’s Winter Olympics in Sochi would be exempt from a controversial law banning anything deemed as promoting homosexuality.
- 20:36 25/07/2013
An organization that provides free legal assistance to migrant workers building infrastructure for next year’s Winter Olympics in Sochi is under pressure by investigators after it exposed rights abuses, Human Rights Watch said Thursday.
- 18:18 23/07/2013
A wide-ranging promotional blitz for the upcoming world athletics championships in Moscow has boosted ticket sales to the point where more than 80 percent of the total available for each of the nine days of competition have been sold, the International Association of Athletics Federation said in a statement Tuesday.
- 15:48 19/07/2013
About 300 Cossack volunteers will help enforce law and order during the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, a regional official said Friday.
- 12:52 18/07/2013
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev closed the curtain on the 27th World University Games late Wednesday, looking forward to the upcoming Sochi Olympics as an even "harder test" for Russia.
- 14:03 11/07/2013
Russia’s Federation Council has drafted a law that will prohibit foreign nationals from working at large-scale international events in Russia, Izvestia newspaper reported on Thursday.
- 19:53 06/07/2013
With the 2013 Universiade in Kazan not yet underway, Russian Olympic Committee president Alexander Zhukov was already heralding the event Saturday as a sign that the city is a contender to host the Olympic Games.
