Russia's president only spent eight days at his Sochi residence in 2023, in contrast to an average of over 30 days annually before the Ukraine war.
Vladimir Putin has demolished his favourite Black Sea holiday villa, where regular Ukrainian drone attacks have made the area ...
Rossiya TV SOCHI, February 10. /ITAR-TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that he was against turning Sochi into a gambling zone. “We have agreed to set up a gambling zone on ...
In response Putin has banned protests and rallies in Sochi during the games. A resort town along the Black Sea’s beaches, Sochi drew the wealthy under Tsar Nicholas II, then Soviet leaders and ...
(ATR) As the government considers mounting a budget review, Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin says the global economic crisis will not jeopardize funding for the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics.
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Merkel’s meeting with Putin may bring countries closer together — German Committee SOCHI, May 18. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev have held a brief ...
Alexander Lukashenko (L) met Vladimir Putin (R) for talks in Sochi Russian President Vladimir Putin has granted a $1.5bn (£1.2bn) loan to Belarus, in face-to-face talks with the embattled ...
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ATR: How important is the involvement of President Putin for Russian sport and the Sochi Olympics? AZ: Support of country leaders is very important for the development of sports in every country.