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Sochi organizers pledge highest level of security

MOSCOW (AP) — Sochi Olympic organizers say authorities will ensure security at the “highest possible level.”

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Depardieu to play a Chechen man seeking revenge

French actor Gerard Depardieu looks at a glass during a news conference in Chechnya's provincial capital Grozny, Russia, Tuesday, May 21, 2013. Depardieu announced his plans to star in a drama about a Chechen man investigating and avenging the death of his son in Moscow. (AP Photo/Musa Sadulayev)

GROZNY, Russia (AP) — French actor Gerard Depardieu will star in a drama about a Chechen man who seeks revenge for the killing of his son.

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Moscow blasts alleged vote theft at Eurovision

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s point man on Syria and on its relations with the U.S. on Tuesday turned his attention toward a subject close to Russian hearts — alleged vote theft at the Eurovision Song Contest.

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US women’s hoops team chosen for WUG

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — National champions Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis and Bria Hartley headline the U.S. women’s basketball team that will compete in July at the World University Games.

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Russian oligarchs foot most of 2014 Sochi Olympics

In this Thursday, Oct. 14, 2010 file photo, then, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, second right, Formula One chief Bernie Ecclestone, second left, and Oleg Deripaska, toast after a signing ceremony in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, southern Russia. Oleg Deripaska's Basic Element, insists its projects were all designed to be profitable. The company is building an Olympic village and a seaport and has just finished revamping the Sochi airport, for a combined cost of $1.4 billion. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel, File)

SOCHI, Russia (AP) — The mountains of Sochi are now home to Potanin’s slope, Gazprom’s gondola lift and Sberbank’s ski jump. The nicknames used by locals and an army of construction workers leave no doubt about who is paying for the 2014 Winter Games: Russia’s business powerhouses.

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