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	Top 3 Videos From Russia
	Click here to watch some of the most exciting videos watched by Russians, including streetracers trying to catch cops, a flooding washing away a police van, and the education minister cursing his deputy.
--07-04-2013--
	Buzz Barometer: Sochi is Such a ...
	Click here to read about foreigners' first impressions of Sochi ahead of the 2014 Winter Olympics. What do athletes actually think about the tracks?
--29-03-2013--
	Buzz Barometer: Sun and Scandal in Sochi
	With a year to go till the start of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, the international media have been descending on the host city to check out the scale of the construction and the role of the upcoming event for Russia.
--10-02-2013--

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	To View Sochi From the Height of 80 Meters
	The biggest Ferris wheel in Russia began to work in the capital of the winter Olympic Games.
--22-05-2013--
	Michael McFaul Plans to Visit Sochi
	The ambassador of the USA in the RF is going to have a rest in Sochi with his family.
--22-05-2013--
	Google Puts Sochi-2014 On the Map
	By the opening day of the Olympic Games in Sochi in 2014 Google will have introduced special maps, to help visitors explore the town and venues. Experts wonder how that is going to be different from Yandex.
--14-05-2013--
	Dombai and Krasnaya Polyana Are the Leaders of Russian Ski Resorts
	Dombai and Krasnaya Polyana offer different routes, aimed on various levels of ski training.
--30-04-2013--
	Author of Gangnam Style Internet Hit to Visit Russia
	The South Korean singer PSY is going to visit Russia in April 2012.
--18-03-2013--
	Sochi Ice Palace Comes as Free Gift from Metals Giant
	Ural Mining and Metallurgical Company hands over an Olympic facility it has built with its own funds to the state fo free, allegedly over re-location costs concerns.
--14-02-2013--
	Exhibition on Olympic Flame Relay Race Opens in Moscow
	The Lumiere Brothers Center, Moscow, has opened an exhibition dedicated to the relay of Olympic flame and the start of campaign for selecting the torch bearers for the forthcoming winter Olympic Games 2014 in Sochi.
--18-01-2013--
	A dolphinarium will be built near Novosibirsk in 2013
	In 2013 a dolphinarium will be built near Novosibirsk. Dolphins and sea lion, bought for the new dolphin are being currently trained in Sochi.
--06-01-2013--
	Russian Government to Freeze Hotel Prices for Sochi 2014
	The Russian Government has issued a decree, which is expected to regulate the maximum price for accommodation and services in Krasnodar Region hotels during the Sochi Winter Olympics 2014.
--10-12-2012--
	The Sochi 2014 Olympic Torch Relay to become the longest in history
	The Sochi 2014 Olympic Torch Relay will become the longest and the largest one in the history of winter Olympics Games.
--04-12-2012--
	'Hot.Cool.Yours.' - 500 Days Before Sochi Olympics
	On Tuesday, Sochi celebrated 500 days until the opening ceremony of Russia’s first Winter Games, saying the city is more than 70 percent ready to host the Games.
--26-09-2012--
	Two Petersburg Ferries Converted Into Hotels For 2014 Olympics
	Following the examples of other Olympics host cities, Sochi plans to re-use two Petersburg ferries as hotels for guests.
--14-08-2012--
	Sochi-2014 Presented 4D at Olympic Games in London
	Russian delegation at the Olympic Games in London presents Russia.Park and Sochi.Park that will work from July 26 to August 12.
--24-07-2012--
	Free Summer Concerts to be Held in Sochi
	Sochi invites tourists to have cultural vacations during this summer season. The musicians of the local Philharmonic will be giving open-air concerts, free to public.
--04-06-2012--
	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--