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Archive Home > 2009 > March > 24 > Russian mayoral race takes an Olympian turn

Russian mayoral race takes an Olympian turn

Three big personalities — one wanted on suspicion of murder — are in the mix to run the city of Sochi

By Megan K. Stack / The Bulletin
March 24, 2009

MOSCOW — Who will be Russia’s host to the Olympics: the KGB-officer-turned-oligarch, the outspoken liberal reformer or the international fugitive wanted on suspicion of murder?

As Russia basks in the hard-won prestige of playing host to the 2014 Winter Games, a symbolic....

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