Russia took a piece of the Ukraine..............................during Obama's term...................Jack Ryan speaks Ukrainian in the Sum of All Fears....

Maybe the Olympics were another point to sneak in weapons...............Iran is close to nuclear capability.........if they do not already........

Russia's bitter relationship with Chechnya will be in the spotlight

https://www.independent.co.uk › News › World › Europe

Dec 26, 2013 - Any day soon, a bomb may go off in the Black Sea resort of Sochi. And if it does, it will be the nightmare that Vladimir Putin has been spending ...

Why Sochi? | by Christian Caryl | NYR Daily | The New York ...

https://www.nybooks.com › daily › 2014/02/05 › why-sochi-russia-olympics

Feb 5, 2014 - In all the comment about this month's Sochi Olympics, there is bewilderment ... Putin responded by sending the army back into Chechnya with a ...

Chechen warlord who threatened Sochi Olympics is reported ...

https://www.theguardian.com › mar › chechen-terror-leader-reported-killed

Mar 18, 2014 - One of Russia's most wanted men, Doku Umarov, a Chechen warlord who had threatened to attack the Sochi Olympics and claimed ...

Russia on the Eve of Sochi: Repression of Olympic ...

https://freedomhouse.org › russia-eve-sochi

The Sochi Winter Olympics will take place in Russia amid the most severe crackdown against human rights since the collapse of the Soviet Union.