ISTANBUL — A passenger aboard a commercial airline flight from Ukraine to Turkey tried to hijack it to Sochi, Russia, on Friday after the Winter Olympics started. He threatened to set off a bomb with a cellphone if his demands were not met, but the
Opening Ceremony is set to kick off, Google is putting some of its most valuable real estate — their logo — to good use: to show their support for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender olympians on their way to Sochi.
So why are there thousands of people in downtown Sochi partying like it's 2014, drinking beers and downing shots of Beluga Vodka (which, by the way, is purer than Tim Tebow)? Why are there so many men lovingly holding their sons above their heads,
SOCHI, Russia — Walking through the Olympic Village on Wednesday, choreographer Daniel Ezralow had to stop intermittently at checkpoints, like everyone. At one, he started singing a popular song from the Soviet era in Russian as he passed through.
The North American media has descended on Sochi, andhow do we put this gently? Sochi's not ready. The athlete accommodations are fine, if a bit cozy and, um, social. But the media hotels, along with much of the