Among other things, Window on Eurasia reports [1] that media attention to Sochi might “force the local officials to allow for the construction of a mosque for the city's 20,000 Muslims” – at last, after 13 years of trying to get the permission.
Russia: Sochi Mosque and Other Non-Olympic Issues
· Written by Veronica Khokhlova
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