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.
Sochi torchbearer under scrutiny for Obama tweet
Figure skater Irina Rodnina, who was given the honour of lighting the Olympic flame at the Sochi opening ceremony, had previously tweeted an image of President Barack Obama that was doctored to include a banana, which has racist implications.
She posted the tweet five months ago and later took it down, but afterwards defended it with another tweet, saying "Freedom of speech is freedom!"
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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.