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FILE - In this Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013 file photo, police detain Russia's leading gay rights campaigner Nikolai Alexeyev, center, during a protest outside the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games organizing committee office, in downtown Moscow, Russia. Despite seven months of international protests, Russia's law restricting gay-rights activity remains in place leading up to the winter olympic games. Yet the eclectic campaign has heartened activists in Russia and, without question, caught the attention of its targets - including organizers and sponsors of the Sochi Olympics that open on Feb. 7. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)
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FILE - In this Saturday, Aug. 10, 2013 file photo, demonstrators stage a theatrical play where gays are grabbed by others wearing masks of Russian President Vladimir Putin, during a protest against Russia's new anti-gay law banning "propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations" in central London. Despite seven months of international protests, Russia's law restricting gay-rights activity remains in place leading up to the winter olympic games. Yet the eclectic campaign has heartened activists in Russia and, without question, caught the attention of its targets - including organizers and sponsors of the Sochi Olympics that open on Feb. 7. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
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FILE - In this Jan. 24, 2013, file photo, Evgeni Plushenko of Russia skates his short program at the ISU European figure skating championship in Zagreb, Croatia. Although he's one of the world's predominant figure skaters, with an Olympic gold and two silvers to his name, Plushenko has barely been seen in competition for the past year. The performance that won him Russia's sole berth in the men's singles for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, was done behind closed doors. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev, File)
