What event coincided with the closing ceremony of the Sochi Winter Olympics and Paralympics in 2014?

Question

In the 1996 Winter Olympics what ancient tradition was revived and, for the first time in the modern Games, formally put in place?

Answer 1

A referendum was held in Crimea on whether to remain with the Ukraine or to join Russia
Russian troops had seized control of most of the Crimean peninsula just before the Games opened. The earthquake struck in 2013.