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title: "Why Russia’s Sochi Olympics are now a battleground for gay rights"
date: "2013-08-10"
authors:
  - name: "No Author"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2013/08/10/why-russias-sochi-olympics-are-now-a-battleground-for-gay-rights/"
---

# Why Russia’s Sochi Olympics are now a battleground for gay rights