
Russian special forces patrol Olympic Park near the Olympic Cauldron during the 2014 Winter Olympics, Monday, Feb. 17, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. Sochi hotel guests are walking, unchecked, past unused metal detectors. Security guards are no longer poking around at the pockets and ankles of every single person entering Olympic facilities. Tangerines and bottles of Coke are making it through security barriers that banned them two weeks ago. For all the warnings that security in Sochi would be invasive and aggressive, it's appearing more uneven, and in places almost relaxed. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)
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