"Her breakthrough came when Yulia Lipnitskaya helped Russia win the team event gold in Sochi in 2014, becoming the second-youngest gold medalist in the history of the sport."
Russian coach produces teen skating stars with short careers
apnews.com/article/winter…
Russian coach produces teen skating stars with short careers
apnews.com/article/winter…
"Tutberidze’s outlook and career were shaped by spending much of the 1990s in the United States.
Born in Moscow to Georgian parents, Tutberidze never made it to the elite of Soviet figure skating. After the Soviet Union collapsed, she headed to the U.S. to skate in ice shows."
Born in Moscow to Georgian parents, Tutberidze never made it to the elite of Soviet figure skating. After the Soviet Union collapsed, she headed to the U.S. to skate in ice shows."
“It’s a very comfortable, quiet life there (in the U.S.). Great people, wonderful relationships,” she said. “But for me, there’s a lack of contrast in all that abundance. When there are no difficulties, you can’t understand what happiness is.”
There sure was a lot going on behind the scenes with the Sochi Olympics.
https://twitter.com/sisu_sanity/status/1331984739473960961
Oh.
"Per Litvinenko, a crime boss named Gafur, under the guise of the head of the FSB department was able to organize the flow of drug trafficking through Uzbekistan to Russia."
[Litvinenko claimed links between “Uzbek gangsters Gafur and Salim” & Putin]
rus.ozodlik.org/a/27569767.html
"Per Litvinenko, a crime boss named Gafur, under the guise of the head of the FSB department was able to organize the flow of drug trafficking through Uzbekistan to Russia."
[Litvinenko claimed links between “Uzbek gangsters Gafur and Salim” & Putin]
rus.ozodlik.org/a/27569767.html
May 30, 2013
"Nemtsov and an associate said in a report released on May 30 that up to $30 billion was estimated to have been stolen in the run-up to the games."
'Billions Embezzled' From Sochi Olympics rferl.org/a/russia-nemts…
"Nemtsov and an associate said in a report released on May 30 that up to $30 billion was estimated to have been stolen in the run-up to the games."
'Billions Embezzled' From Sochi Olympics rferl.org/a/russia-nemts…
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