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Google waded into Russia's gay-rights row as the Winter Games in Sochi launched today by updating its iconic search page logo to depict athletes skiing, sledding, curling and skating against a rainbow-colored backdrop.
The rainbow flag has been a symbol of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender pride since the 1970s.
The company declined to comment on the new Google Doodle that appeared on its home pages worldwide, saying it wanted the illustration to speak for itself.
But the logo clearly was meant as a show of support for gay rights and a rebuke of the law that bans pro-gay 'propaganda' that could be accessible to minors.
Below the updated logo appears a two-sentence section of the Olympic charter that reads, in part, 'The practice of sport is a human right. Every individual must have the possibility of practicing sport, without discrimination of any kind.'

Strong statement: The company declined to comment on the new Google Doodle that appeared on its home pages worldwide, saying it wanted the illustration to speak for itself

Carefully-timed: Google's timing meant it would be seen in Russia today, when the Games' opening ceremonies will be held. The local time in Sochi is 12 hours ahead of California, where Google is headquartered (pictured)

Protest: Activist Ann Northrop is joined by demonstrators from Queer Nation, and others who oppose the Russian government¿s continued attacks on human rights, including the rights of LGBT Russians, as she pours fake blood on an Olympic flag in New York

Fury: They are angry over a law signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin in July bans pro-gay 'propaganda' that could be accessible to minors

Restrictive: Critics say the law is so restrictive that it forbids almost any public expression of support for gay rights

Political campaigner Peter Tatchell addresses a rally in Whitehall, London calling on Olympic sponsors including McDonalds, Visa and Coca Cola to speak out over Russia's controversial laws on homosexuality

Russian gay rights activists marched along a Moscow boulevard in downtown with banners reading 'Down with all Kinds of Fascism' and 'Bisexuals Against Fascism'

Daily Mail