2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia: How problematic is the location?

[Mr. Morden]

OK, I knew the 2014 Winter Olympics were being held in Russia, but I had no idea just how close the host city was to Georgia until I looked at a map just now.  I mean, look at it.  It's practically within spitting distance.  What if Russia-Georgia relations deteriorate again around the time of the games?

Pulling a quote from Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Winter_Olympics#Political_stability_and_governance

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[Mr. Morden]

This might be intentional to prevent Georgia from reinvading Abkhazia during the Olympics again.

The host city was picked before the 2008 Georgia-Russia conflict.  If the IOC could now go back and decide again, they'd presumably pick a more politically stable location.  But it's too late the change now.