Note: This is my 32nd special Window on Eurasia about the meaning and impact of the planned Olympiad on the nations in the surrounding region. These WOEs, which will appear each Friday over the coming year, will not aim at being comprehensive but rather will consist of a series bullet points about such developments. I would like to invite anyone with special knowledge or information about this subject to send me references to the materials involved. My email address is paul.goble@gmail.com Allow me to express my thanks to all those who already have. Paul Goble
New IOC Head Says Olympics ‘Aren’t a Marketplace’ for Demonstrations. International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach said that the Olympics "aren’t a marketplace for demosntrations,” the clearest indication yet that the IOC will take the lead in preventing any protest actions in Sochi. The IOC’s task, ...