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NEWS ABOUT: Sochi

Sochi stories: 5 news summaries

Litvinenko Murder Suspect Halts Mayor Bid

Party says he lacked enough backers for Olympic city race

Mar 24, 09 12:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - The UK's top suspect in the killing of Alexander Litvinenko has quit the mayoral race in the Russian city set to hold the 2014 Winter Olympics, Reuters reports. “The leadership of the party took a final decision that my candidacy would not be put forward,” Andrei Lugovoy said,... More »

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Alexander Litvinenko • murder • Sochi • mayor • polonium • suspect • election

Litvinenko Murder Suspect to Run for Mayor of Olympic City

Lugovoy doesn't care if Brits skip 2014 Games

Mar 23, 09 8:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - Russia fought hard to win the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, reports the Los Angeles Times, and now a second battle is heating up: the race for mayor of the Black Sea resort town, which is beginning billions' worth of construction. Among the contenders are a media magnate with a... More »

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Russia • Alexander Litvinenko • Sochi • mayor • Andrei Lugovoy • 2014 Olympics • Russian elections

'Independent' South Ossetia Dreams Big

Locals want to make province into a tax haven, ski resort

Aug 29, 08 8:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - When the Russian government recognized South Ossetia as an independent state last week, the international reaction was not only anger but incredulity. The breakaway Georgian province has only 70,000 citizens, and they have suffered both wretched poverty and years of fighting. But citizens insist that theirs is a viable... More »

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Russia • Georgia • independence • Sochi • South Ossetia • microstate

Putin's Russian Undressing

On Siberian fishing trip, Prez celebrates Olympic bid by showing off Grecian pecs

Aug 14, 07 11:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Vladimir Putin purged his shirt yesterday during a fishing jaunt in southern Siberia. The Russian president was celebrating the International Olympic Committee's election of Sochi, a Black Sea resort, to host the 2014 Winter Games. With him was Monaco's Prince Albert II—coincidentally enough a member of the International Olympic... More »

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Russia • Vladimir Putin • Siberia • Sochi • Black Sea • fishing • Prince Albert II • Monaco • 2014 Olympics • Yenisey River • International Olympic Committee

Sochi Wins 2014 Games

Putin speech helps Black Sea resort win Winter  Oympics

Jul 5, 07 4:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - The 2014 Winter Olympics will be held in the Black Sea resort of Sochi — thanks in part to personal intervention by Russian Premier Vladimir Putin, reports Reuters. Putin addressed a session of the International Olympic Committee in Guatemala City in English, French and Spanish, helping Sochi win a 51-47... More »

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Vladimir Putin • Sochi • Black Sea • Pyeongchang • Olympic Games

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