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Crime War Brews in City Hosting Winter Olympics

Sochi remains tense after mob assassinations

By Neal Colgrass, Newser Staff

Posted Feb 4, 2013 7:45 PM CST

(Newser) – A city with subtropical weather and palm trees already seemed an odd choice for the Winter Olympics. Now fears of an all-out mafia war are rising in Sochi, Russia's host city for the 2014 games, the Guardian reports. The assassination of top mobster Aslan... Read full story »

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Crime War Brews in City Hosting Winter Olympics

Sochi remains tense after mob assassinations

Russia • crime • Sochi • Mafia • 2014 Sochi Olympics

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