SOCHI, Russia (AP) — Russia’s shock ouster from the Olympic men’s hockey competition hasn’t sent the host nation’s hockey-mad fans stampeding for Sochi’s exits. Games chief Dmitry Chernyshenko told ...
The 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics were President Vladimir Putin's pet project as he sought to expand Russia's global clout, boost its prestige and impress the world. It became the most expensive Olympics ...
SOCHI, Russia – There is a new sport sweeping these Winter Olympics, and the Russians aren't faring too well at it. Well, Russian men at least. Russian women are doing just fine. It was Anna who first ...
Sberbank will finance the key Gornaya Karusel Olympic venue, which will be home to the Russian National Ski Jumping Center and sub-media village for Sochi 2014. The ceremony of the agreement signing ...
The delegation, which also included Sochi 2014 chief executive and President Dmitry Chernyshenko and the city's Mayor Anotaly Pakhomov, were visiting the Park, which hosted the 1972 Olympics, to ...
It would be so easy if it were just about new buildings. Those are doing quite well; the violent face-lift that Russia is giving the Black Sea resort city of Sochi before its 2014 Winter Olympics is ...
The Winter Olympics will next be held in the resort town of Sochi, Russia. Travel agent Slava Shirokov says he is already getting travel inquiries. He talks about sochi's attractions and what visitors ...
SOCHI, Russia, Feb 24 (Reuters) - For the last seven years critics have lined up to paint the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics as a wasteful extravagance. A $50 billion pet project designed purely to allow ...