Fireworks are seen over the Olympic Park during the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, Friday, Feb. 7, 2014. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)SOCHI, Russia (AP) — A Russia in search of international vindication kicked off the Sochi Olympics taking a look extra like a Russia that likes to birthday celebration, with a pulse-elevating opening ceremony about enjoyable and sports activities instead of terrorism, gay rights and coddling despots.