Moscow: 2014 Winter Olympics

2014 Winter Olympics: NOVOGORSK, Russia - It would be "stupid" to let the conviction of a Kremlin opponent or Moscow's refusal to extradite fugitive American Edward Snowden interfere with the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia's sports minister said on Friday. , according to Reuters. Asked whether Navalny's conviction could have a negative effect on the Sochi Games, Mutko said: "I don't think it will have an influence, that would be absolutely stupid." By Alexei Anishchuk Sports should be separate from politics, Vitaly Mutko said, warning against a repeat of the boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow by the United States - a protest against the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.