2010:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2010/02/25/f-vp-gillespie.html
“Will the next Winter Games be in a war zone?”
Last Updated: Thursday, February 25, 2010 | 2:42 PM ET
By Bill Gillespie CBC News
SNIPPET: “Insurgents on the rise
Putin soft-pedalled the security problems the Sochi Games might face. And at the time, it appeared the Chechen war might be petering out.
Today, however, Sochi is looking like an increasingly dubious choice for an Olympic Games.
The Chechen war the Kremlin said was over has spread to the entire Caucasus.”
2011:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/01/24/us-russia-blast-airport-idUSTRE70N2TQ20110124
“Suicide bomber kills 35 at Russia’s biggest airport”
“Suicide bomber hits Russian airport”
Mon, Jan 24 2011
By Alexei Anishchuk
MOSCOW | Mon Jan 24, 2011 6:40pm EST
(Reuters) -
SNIPPET: “Islamist rebels have vowed to take their bombing campaign from the North Caucasus to the Russian heartland in the year before presidential elections, hitting transport and economic targets. They have also leveled threats at the 2014 Winter Olympics, scheduled for the Black Sea resort town of Sochi, a region some militants consider “occupied.””
SNIPPET: “No group has yet taken responsibility for the attack, but dozens of Internet surfers, writing in Russian, praised the suicide bomber on unofficial Islamist site kavkazcenter.com.”
SNIPPET: “The attack raised questions over Russian security — one month after it won the right to host the 2018 World Cup.”