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Agence France Presse
Correspondent in Moscow for Agence France Presse
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Maria Antonova
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FROM Maria Antonova
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Russians Plan Extreme Security Measures for 2014 Sochi Olympics The slopes of the Russia's Sochi Mountains will be covered with the world's best bobsledders, downhill racers and ski jumpers during the February Winter Olympics. Hovering over all of their heads… drones. They are just "part of a package of security measures that are severe even by standards of recent Olympics." That's according to Maria Antonova, Moscow correspondent for Agence France Presse .
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Russians Plan Extreme Security Measures for 2014 Sochi Olympics The slopes of the Russia's Sochi Mountains will be covered with the world's best bobsledders, downhill racers and ski jumpers during the February Winter Olympics. Hovering over all of their heads… drones. They are just "part of a package of security measures that are severe even by standards of recent Olympics." That's according to Maria Antonova, Moscow correspondent for Agence France Presse .
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