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	<title>Sochi, Russia &#187; Russia</title>
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		<title>Sochi fighter brings Gold from Thailand</title>
		<link>http://www.sochi-travel.info/articles/sochi-fighter-brings-gold-from-thailand/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 22:25:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erik</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[People]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Grigor Matevossyan]]></category>
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Grigor Matevossyan (Григор Матевосян) from Sochi, member of Russia Junior Thai Boxing team, has won gold medal in the Cruiser Weight category (under 86 kg) at the IFMA Muay Thai World Championship 2009 which took place earlier this month.
Links: International Federation of Muaythai Amateur. The official results card for male juniors. Photo: sochi-news.ru
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		<title>Olympic logo presentation postponed</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:23:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erik</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Olympics 2014]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Olympic logo presentation was moved to Tuesday due to the tragedy on railroad between Moscow and St.-Petersburg.
upd: This is today, from the Red Square:

source
Officially will be presented tomorrow, December 1 at 11am Moscow Time ( 8am GMT ) at a press conference with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Moscow.
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		<title>Parts of highway connecting Moscow and Sochi to become commercial</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:36:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erik</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Development]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Don]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are a few things you need to know in order to understand importance of this piece of news:

Main highway connecting Sochi to Moscow (or Moscow to Sochi, if you like) is federal highway M-4, aka «Don» highway
«There are only two problems in Russia: fools and roads» &#8211; this common Russian saying should tell you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Domestic flights to Sochi are expensive!</title>
		<link>http://www.sochi-travel.info/articles/domestic-flights-to-sochi-are-expensive/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sochi-travel.info/articles/domestic-flights-to-sochi-are-expensive/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:42:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erik</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Russia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Only 3 airlines have direct flights to Sochi &#8212; Russia&#8217;s largest summer resort, from Saint-Petersburg &#8212; Russia&#8217;s second largest city, a home to over 4.5 million people&#8230; in the middle of the summer season. One of them flies with a stop in Krasnodar (that adds several hrs to your travel time), and another one of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>War in South Ossetia: day two</title>
		<link>http://www.sochi-travel.info/articles/war-in-south-ossetia-day-two/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sochi-travel.info/articles/war-in-south-ossetia-day-two/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 04:42:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erik</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Other stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Russia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Georgia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I didn&#8217;t really want to write about this topic on this blog, but reading through US online media all day long and reading through people&#8217;s reactions in the comments, it continues to amaze me how single-sidedly the story is delivered, and how quickly people are buying it. CNN, for example, been only quoting Georgian media, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Violence near Russia&#8217;s southern borders</title>
		<link>http://www.sochi-travel.info/articles/sochi-explosion-war-in-osetia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sochi-travel.info/articles/sochi-explosion-war-in-osetia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 04:09:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erik</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Russia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two major disturbing (to say the least) developments hit Southern Russia today: blast on one of the Sochi beaches, and Georgia waging new war on it&#8217;s breakaway republic &#8211; South Osetia.
Blast on Sochi beach
Custom made bomb exploded on a beach in Loo — town in Greater Sochi located in Lazarevsky district — around 10:30am. Two [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blast from the past &#8211; elaboration and comparison</title>
		<link>http://www.sochi-travel.info/articles/soviet-sochi-my-notes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sochi-travel.info/articles/soviet-sochi-my-notes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 05:13:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erik</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Other stories]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Times article from 1960&#8217;s, the copy of which I posted couple of days ago, brought some nostalgic memories :) and desire to elaborate on it and compare to present day. The article is rather good, so, these are not the notes of critique. To follow the read below you&#8217;d probably want to read the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We are the CHAMPIONS!!!!</title>
		<link>http://www.sochi-travel.info/articles/russia-hockey-champion-2008/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sochi-travel.info/articles/russia-hockey-champion-2008/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2008 23:51:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erik</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Russia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Finally!!! After 15 years, Russia is ice hockey World Champion again!!! :-)
Thank you, guys, sooooo much for the emotions and pride!!!

photo (c) iihf.com

photo (c) AP
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		<title>To be: Bridge connecting Russia&#8217;s south and Ukraine&#8217;s Crimea</title>
		<link>http://www.sochi-travel.info/articles/taman-russia-crimea-ukraine-bridge/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sochi-travel.info/articles/taman-russia-crimea-ukraine-bridge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 17:52:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erik</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Development]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[black sea]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As reported by Russian news agency ITAR-TASS about a week ago, Russia and Ukraine have reached the agreement to build a bridge connecting Russia&#8217;s South and Crimea. I&#8217;ve written an article about plans for the Kerch Strait Bridge when they were announced by Ukrainian officials last year.
That announcement came short after Russian gov&#8217;t officially pledged [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Photos from Gazprom&#8217;s &#8220;Laura&#8221; ski resort</title>
		<link>http://www.sochi-travel.info/articles/sochi-mountain-ski-center-gazprom/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sochi-travel.info/articles/sochi-mountain-ski-center-gazprom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 03:32:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erik</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Development]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are several photos from brand spanking new «Laura» resort (official name &#8220;The mountain-ski center «Gazprom»&#8221;) launched this winter season!
At present Gazprom constructs a Mountain Resort in the Achipse River valley and at the Psekhako Ridge. Gazprom finishes the first stage of construction including 8 ropeways, ropeway lower station with utility rooms, ski lifts, 220 room [...]]]></description>
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