Russian TV shows doctored images of Olympic ceremony
Russian state television broadcast doctored footage taken from the Sochi Olympic Games opening ceremony rehearsal, after one of the rings failed to burst opening during the live event.
NASA publishes images of Sochi ski-slopes from space
NASA has published images of the Sochi Games ski slopes seen from space.
The Rosa Khutar ski resort is visible between the mountains in gray while the ski runs are visible on the shadowed slopes on the left-hand side of the valley.
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Putin has staked £30bn and his reputation on the games
A lot is riding on the success of the Sochi Olympics, and the Opening Ceremony showed how serious the games are to Putin.
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Sochi off to shaky start as Olympic ring fails to open
The Sochi Games kicked off with a shaky start, as one of the five Olympic-Games ring structures failed to open.