Note: This is my ninth 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
Unlike China Before Beijing Games, Russia is Becoming More Repressive. Many had expected Moscow to moderate its repressive course if it received an Olympic bid, an American journalist writes, but the Russian government has cracked down further. Nonetheless, Joshua Foust suggests, "an Olympic boycott movement which would ...