Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Russian Forces Are Now On Combat Alert In Sochi One Month Before The Winter Olympics



Russia Imposes Security Clampdown In Sochi Before Olympics -- Reuters

(Reuters) - Russian forces went on combat alert in Sochi and tightened restrictions on access to the Black Sea resort on Tuesday, exactly one month before the start of the Winter Olympic Games.

Aware that the success or failure of the Sochi Games will help shape his legacy, President Vladimir Putin has increased security across Russia following two suicide bomb attacks in the southern city of Volgograd which killed 34 people.

Moscow's most wanted man, the Chechen insurgent leader Doku Umarov, has urged militants who want to carve an Islamic state in Russia's North Caucasus region to use "maximum force" to prevent the Games going ahead.

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More News On Russia Imposing A Security Alert On Sochi

‘Sochi 2014 to be safest, most secure Olympics ever’ – organizers -- RT
Sochi Launches Massive Security Offensive Ahead of Olympics -- Moscow Times
One month before Olympics, Russia puts Sochi under high security -- CNN
Winter Olympics: Russia launches Sochi security clampdown -- BBC
Wary Russia places security measures on Sochi ahead of 2014 Winter Olympics -- Deutsche Welle
Sochi Olympics security measures: No strange cars -- CBS/AP
Security at all costs in Sochi -- Deutsche Welle
Fortress Sochi: Russia’s Security Plan Risks Killing the Olympic Spirit -- Simon Shuster, Time
Will Russia's 'ring of steel' keep Sochi safe? -- Fred Weir, Christian Science Monitor
Sochi: Security and Counterterrorism at the 2014 Winter Olympics -- Cassandra Lucaccioni and Ariel Cohen, Ph.D., Heritage Foundation

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