US-Russia Rift Widens At Sochi

[Purveyor]

The Olympic Games, created to bring countries together around sports, appear to be having the opposite effect on U.S.-Russia relations.

Rising animosity between the former Cold War powers was on full display Friday when Russia chose a former figure skater who tweeted out a racially charged picture of President Obama for the symbolic lighting of the Olympic cauldron.

That came just a day after the world found out that a personal phone call between State Department official Victoria Nuland and the U.S. ambassador to Kiev, where she can be heard saying “F—k the EU,” had been intercepted and leaked on You Tube.
The Obama administration immediately pointed the finger at Moscow, which did little to signal a denial over an incident that embarrassed Washington.

To be sure, there are hard feelings in Russia toward the U.S. and the Obama administration, too.

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http://thehill.com/blogs/global-affairs/europe/197853-us-russia-rift-widens-at-sochi

[Thinkingabout]

1. Wow, you mean Russia spies? In the US there are rules on revealing information heard on

Phone calls without a warrant, must not apply in Russia.