The leader of Crimea’s Tatar minority held a press conference to call for a boycott of a referendum planned by the region’s recently installed pro-Russian leadership to decide whether Crimea should join the Russian Federation.
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The head of the U.S. delegation to the games says President Obama’s decision not to attend the Winter Olympics in Sochi is not a snub of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Janet Napolitano, the former secretary of homeland security, noted in a CNN interview that Obama has not attended any Olympics since taking office in early 2009. Napolitano said on CNN’s State of the Union, “I think the president chose a delegation that represent leaders from various walks of life.” That delegation includes gay members, a move largely seen as a critical comment on anti-gay laws in Russia.
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The head of the U.S. delegation to the games says President Obama’s decision not to attend the Winter Olympics in Sochi is not a snub of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Janet Napolitano, the former secretary of homeland security, noted in a CNN interview that Obama has not attended any Olympics since taking office in early 2009. Napolitano said on CNN’s State of the Union, “I think the president chose a delegation that represent leaders from various walks of life.” That delegation includes gay members, a move largely seen as a critical comment on anti-gay laws in Russia.
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President Vladimir Putin’s foreign policy adviser Yuri Ushakov told reporters the Russian president and embattled Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich held a one-on-one meeting in Sochi on the day of the opening of the Winter Olympics. The meeting between the leaders, facing mass protests at home, was expected. “There was contact (between Putin and Yanukovich) in the course of (Olympic) events. It was a one-on-one during the opening events,” Ushakov said, but he declined to say what had been discussed or if any agreements had been reached.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin published a very direct op-ed in The New York Times Wednesday asking America to avoid military action.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin published a very direct op-ed in The New York Times Wednesday asking America to avoid military action.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin published a very direct op-ed in The New York Times Wednesday asking America to avoid military action.
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