Facing the clear threat of terrorism, the Sochi Winter Olympics will take place amid an unprecedented security lockdown that may make the experience of the quadrennial event far from cheerful for fans and athletes
Time: Russia’s security plan risks killing the Olympic spirit
A handout picture taken during the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic torch relay on January 2, 2014, and released by the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics Organizing Committee shows torchbearers 'kissing' with their torches to pass the Olympic flame in Izhevsk, some 1000 km (625 miles) east of Moscow. Russian torchbearers has started in October 2013 the history's longest Olympic torch relay ahead of February's Winter Games in Sochi, which will take the flame across the country through all 83 of its regions, including extreme locales such as Chukotka, the remote region in Russia's Far East, the turbulent North Caucasus, and even Russia's European exclave Kaliningrad. AFP PHOTO / SOCHI 2014 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
