Yury Saprykin

Olympic Mishka statue.

This Moscow man remembers the 1980 Summer Olympics as a beautiful fairy tale

Sports

Americans didn’t see the 1980 Moscow Olympics because of the US boycott; but no matter for those in the Soviet Union. The games went on, and they left a beautiful memory.

Fairness of Russian presidential election questioned, protests expected

Global Politics
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