Tag: Sochi Games
Russia: IOC Acts on Sochi Abuses
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has taken important steps to persuade the Russian government to investigate persistent claims of non-payment of wages to workers who helped build Olympic venues and infrastructure.
US Investors Press Sochi Olympic Sponsors Over Gay Rights
A coalition of US investors managing hundreds of billions of dollars in assets has urged corporate sponsors of the Sochi Winter Olympics to speak out against controversial Russian laws on homosexuality.
Russian Lawmaker: Foreign Visitors Not Exempt from Anti-LGBT Law
The day after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced it had received assurances from “the highest level of government in Russia” that foreigners visiting the country for the 2014 Olympics would be exempt from a newly-passed law prohibiting “homosexual propaganda,” the co-sponsor of the bill told reporters the law will remain enforced during the Sochi Games.