Sochi Winter Olympics News

Olympics: What Do You Do with a Mountain Resort with Games Gone?

Stanislav Kuznetsov has a headache like no other: it measures 780,000 square metres and covers a large expanse of Russian mountainside. The Gorky Gorod resort in the snowy Caucasus peaks above Sochi was packed during the Winter Olympics. Now the …

Willis Blog Writer Holt Warns of ‘Black Widows’ Threat at Sochi Games

“A number of ‘black widow’ suicide bombers – the wives of militants killed by Russian security forces – may already be within the ‘ring of steel’ at the upcoming winter Olympics in Sochi,” according to Tim Holt, head of intelligence …

Second Suicide Bomber in Russia’s Volgograd Kills 14 on Bus

A bomb ripped a bus apart in Volgograd on Monday, killing 14 people in the second deadly attack blamed on suicide bombers in the southern Russian city in 24 hours and raising fears of Islamist attacks on the Winter Olympics. …