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	Ferris Wheel Appeared on Sochi Mountain
	The new attraction – Ferris wheel – was opened at the highest point of Sochi. It is installed on a slope of 662-meter Mount Akhun, rising 7.5 meters above it.
--23-05-2012--
	Sochi Court Calls Gay Movement Extremist
	A Sochi appeals court has upheld a lower court decision to deny registration of Pride House, a local gay movement, saying it constitutes a threat to Russia’s sovereignty.
--15-03-2012--
	Federation Island to Appear in Black Sea
	The group of companies “M-Industry” will start the construction of the artificial island “Federation” this summer.
--11-03-2012--
	Huge Dump in Sochi Destroys Resort Coast
	A huge dump is located in the resort settlement Loo of the Lazarevsky District of Sochi, at the distance of 700 meters from the Black Sea and 200 meters from a school.
--01-03-2012--
	Kind Hearts Struggle Towards Sochi
	Two years before the 2014 Sochi Olympic Games, Russia starts selection of candidates for volunteers.
--08-02-2012--
	Sochi is Ready to Receive Tourists
	Sochi is ready for the upcoming winter season. Tourists can choose among four popular resorts, located on the territory of Krasnaya Polyana.
--22-11-2011--
	Tea Museum Opened in Sochi
	The museum of tea history has appeared not far from Sochi, in the village Ych-Dere. It consists of three expositions, telling about the most northern tea in the world.
--14-11-2011--
	Unique Sochi Trampolines Are at the Final Stage of Construction
	A complex of unique ski trampolines - K-125 and K-95 - is now at the final stage of construction, undertaken by the German company, CeramTec-ETEC.
--10-11-2011--
	Russia to Send the Olympic Flame into Space
	Russia plans to make the longest Olympic flame relay ever for the Sochi Olympic Games in 2014, setting several world records.
--02-11-2011--
	Aeroflot to Transfer Sochi 2014 Olympics Guests by Boeing 787 Dreamliner
	Russian airliner Aeroflot will get two Boeing 787 Dreamliner before the start of XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi in leasing, reports Interfax. These two Dreamliners are additional to 22 jets, which Aeroflot will get from Boeing according to a signed contract.
--13-10-2011--
	Gazprom to Spend $ 3.2 bln for Sochi Olympics 2014
	The Russian gas monopoly Gazprom to spend about 100 bln Rubles ($ 3.2 bln) for the Sochi Olympics 2014.
--04-10-2011--
	Will Russian Hotels Have Stars?
	Obligatory classification for hotels might be introduced in Russia from next year. The amendments to an Act about tourist activity will be submitted to the State Duma by the Krasnodar deputies.
--01-10-2011--
	Coca-Cola to Invest $ 3 bln into Russia
	The American company Coca-Cola intends to invest $ 3 bln into the Russian economy for the nearest five years. According to the agency, Coca-Cola has already spent $ 3 bln for the all time of its presence in the Russian market.
--27-09-2011--
	One Fourth of All Sochi Olympics Hotel Rooms to be Built by Vekselberg
	RENOVA –StroyGroup is to build the largest Sochi Olympics hotel. The hotel complex, located in Adler region of Sochi in Imeretinskaya lowland, is to have 3600 rooms.
--20-09-2011--
	New List of Best Amusement Parks in Russia
	24 Russian amusement parks have taken part in an annual profile contest "The Crystal Wheel".
--24-08-2011--
	All Sochi Hotels to be Ready for the Olympics
	On Tuesday the head of IOC’s Coordination Commission, Jean-Claude Killy, said he was satisfied with the speed of building hotels for the Olympic Games-2014 in Sochi.
--17-08-2011--
	Hyatt Hotel in Sochi
	Hyatt Hotels Corporation signed a contract with Russian company for the management of the new hotel complex Hyatt Regency Sochi.
--09-08-2011--
	Russian Frog Zoich Makes Appearance in Futurama
	Televiewers have seen an alternative talisman of Sochi Olympics-2014 in the popular American cartoon series Futurama.
--01-08-2011--
	Water traffic Sochi-Gagra-Tuapse is resumed
	Transportation Ministry of Russia announces resuming of water traffic between Russian Black Sea Resorts of Sochi and Tuapse and between Sochi and famous resort of Gagra, now Abkhazia Republic. Both routes include some stopovers and look like the following: Sochi-Lazarevskaya-Tuapse-Sochi and Sochi-Adler-Gagra.
--03-06-2011--