Tag: Vladmir Putin
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Belle of the Board
Ammy Singh talks snowboarding, coming out of the closet on national television, and “ripping on Putin’s ass” with Belle Brockhoff, Australia’s only openly gay Winter Olympian in Sochi. Mention you’ve never seen snow to Olympian Belle Brockhoff as she wakes up in faraway Europe, and she’ll take her laptop over to her window to show…
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Putin on the Ritz – the controversies surrounding Sochi 2014
In less than a day, snowboarders, figure skaters and bobsledders alike will meet in Sochi, Russia, to compete in the 2014 Winter Olympic Games. Scheduled to be held at the Black Sea Resort, and with a running cost of $50 billion making it the most expensive Winter Games yet, it looks like Russia will be…