A giant ad promotes a resort complex for the 2014 Olympics. Critics say it uses fascist-inspired imagery.
A giant ad promotes a resort complex for the 2014 Olympics. Critics say it uses fascist-inspired imagery.
Putin's Party
For Russia, hosting the Winter Olympics could prove it has finally reemerged as a global power. But the beach resort of Sochi—a target for Islamist insurgents, on the site of an alleged genocide—is an unlikely place to stage the celebration.
This story appears in the January 2014 issue of National Geographic magazine.
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