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		stratosvoukel on Oct 6, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Russia to monitor 'all communications' at Winter O... Russian lawmakers have been clear that despite the sugarcoating, the Russian laws will apply to anyone, even the olympics athletes.

pilgrim689 on Oct 6, 2013 | [–]

The law applies, no doubt, but it has no affect on the sports in which the athletes compete.

bilbo0s on Oct 6, 2013 | [–]

Wrong.

Olympic Athletes have diplomatic immunity.

The only REAL concern athletes have... is from the IOC.

But yeah... that's a pretty big concern... because the IOC is worse than the Russian Government.

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