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SOCHI (Russia) - Vladimir Putin has given in to the demands of the International Olympic Committee: Sochi will be able to demonstrate, to picket or protest marches for issues not related to the Winter Olympic Games.
Monday 6 January 2014 2 minutes reading time
To say it was the Kremlin, with a press release officially published. Cancelled then the absolute prohibition of demonstrations planned in the Olympic Games to be held in Russia next 7 to 23 February. Obviously, however, is very strong control of the Russian government, the events are not connected must be authorized by the Ministry of the Interior. "It 's good news, that we welcome it to be the free expression during the Games, keeping them safe," said IOC spokesman Mark Adams. And 'likely that during the games there will only be a place where protests will be allowed. Sochi is a city that is part of the Volga region, between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, where in recent days there have been two attacks in the city of Volgograd, better known as Stalingrad.
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