Russia apologises to Norwegian journalists held on Olympic trip


MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia apologised on Wednesday to two foreign journalists who were repeatedly questioned and detained by police during a trip to report on the 2014 Winter Olympics preparations in the Black Sea resort of Sochi.

Norwegian broadcaster TV2, the country's official games broadcaster, said its journalists Oeystein Bogen and Aage Aune had been questioned, detained and searched by police who claimed that one of them had been using drugs.

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