Feb 05 U.S. Navy warships enter Black Sea ahead of Sochi Games By Sarah Sheffer Two U.S Navy ships have entered the Black Sea in the event that American athletes need to be evacuated from the Sochi games. Continue reading
Feb 05 Human rights groups urge NBC, Olympic sponsors to shine light on LGBT hostility in Russia By Chelsea Coatney Human Rights Watch recently released a video highlighting the violence that gay, lesbian, transgender and bisexual people are subjected to in Russia. The video accompanied an HRW report explaining that members of the Russian LGBT community have been “attacked, abducted,… Continue reading
Feb 04 Watch Debating how issues of sexual orientation will play at the Sochi games By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 04 Watch International Olympic Committee speaks out against using Sochi as ‘stage for political dissent’ By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 02 What we’re watching Sunday By Kayla Ruble PBS NewsHour is following the news of the day, from Sochi to Syria. Continue reading
Jan 31 Meteor medals to be awarded at Sochi games By Zachary Treu Some of the winners at February’s Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia, will be taking home a little more than gold, silver or bronze. Continue reading
Jan 28 Watch Tuesday, January 28, 2014 By PBS News Hour Tonight on the program, we preview President Obama's fifth State of the Union address and talk to Press Secretary Jay Carney. Also: Russian security to be regimented at Sochi games, Congress nears a compromise on a farm bill, Ukraine's parliament… Continue watching
Jan 28 Watch Russian security expected to be very visible and rigorous at Sochi games By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jan 27 Watch As Sochi security tightens, bloody conflict continues in nearby Dagestan By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jan 27 Pussy Riot author Masha Gessen on politics of Sochi games By News Desk Jeffrey Brown talks to Masha Gessen in an extended online conversation about the politics of the upcoming Sochi Winter Olympics. Gessen discusses Putin’s campaign to clean up his human rights image while at the same time barring Russian citizens who… Continue reading