Sochi 2014: Two Trials for Russia

... needed assistance, at best, and at worst, to be avoided or isolated. Photo: AP Vladimir Putin meets volunteers And now the Olympic Games are in Russia? Sochi, city of the Olympics? Back in those difficult days, people abroad and within Russia would ... ... which are substituted, only with new faces and characters. Photo: Itar-Rass/Barcroft Media The start of the Russian leg of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics Torch Relay at Red Square in Moscow The image of Russia is, in many ways, an image of extremes. Russia is authoritarian, imperial, corrupt, inconvenient, poor (but also ...