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Ahead of the Sochi Olympics, to promote sport in everyone's daily life, a special machine has been installed in the Moscow metro that gives out free tickets.
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In the third such incident this week, the £250/300€ Olympic torch began flaming uncontrollably in the hands of Ded Moroz, Russia's equivalent to Santa Claus.
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A young girl is engulfed in a fireball when she takes hold of the Olympic torch in Kostroma, central Russia. The girl is OK, but questions about the Olympics loom.
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One of the runners in Tver in the Olympic relay has been spotted looking like Vladimir Putin. Netizens repeat conspiracy theories that Putin is played by a group.
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A new slogan has brought a new wave of antipathy against the Olympic Games in Sochi, 2014, while residents complain about the legacy prospects of the Games.