The experiment smacks of the state's intentions to slap mass censorship.
The Russian defense ministry criticized Israel’s “deliberate provocation” after one of its military planes, with 15 people onboard, was accidentally shot down by allied Syrian forces in Latakia province on Monday.
Yelena Mizulina author of ban on homosexual "propaganda" that went into force last month.
Other host countries have overwhelmingly used public funds to pay for construction of needed venues.
Nation's only independent polling agency said it may have to close; critics see larger crackdown.
The Russian government has gotten business powerhouses to foot more than half of the $51B bill.
Most of the projects the tycoons are involved in are not profitable — and many businessmen are making no secret of the losses they are incurring.
Moscow police say a man helping construct the stage for a major protest rally has died after a column of sound equipment collapsed.
Since it began on May 7, Putin's third term in the Kremlin has appeared mostly defensive and downbeat.
