Russian President Vladimir Putin looks on during a meeting with Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic in Moscow's Kremlin October 30, 2013. REUTERS/Michael Klimentyev/RIA Novosti/Kremlin
MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin has signed off on tougher anti-terrorism laws ahead of the 2014 Winter Olympics that could oblige relatives to pay for any damage caused by militants fighting a separatist campaign in southern Russia.
The February games will take place around the Black Sea resort of Sochi, a few hundred kilometres (miles) from the mountainous North Caucasus region where rebels are fighting to carve out an Islamic state.
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