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Editors told Sochi journalist Olga Loginova that her reports on environmental damage, public protests, forced evictions, and other negative consequences of Russia's preparations for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games were "taboo topics." As a result of disagreements with her editors over these policies and other issues, Loginova left her job in September 2012 and has not been able to resume work as a journalist since.

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