Inside Krasnodar | 2008

Thanks to the Sochi Travel blog for some photos of the new Gazprom ski resort near the Krasnaya Polyana valley. Click here to see all the photos.

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Sistema-Hals OJSC (LSE, MICEX, RTS: HALS), one of the largest diversified real estate companies in Russia and the CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), has announced its strategic partnership with Saraya, a real estate development and asset management company that invests in the travel and tourism industry.
Saraya, through a wholly owned subsidiary has […]

It’s kind of funny to be sitting here in Val D’Isere at an internet cafe listening to all the Russian tourists while back in Sochi the preparations for the 2014 Winter Olympics are just beginning. I wonder what will happen to the local economies of the French, Swiss, and Italian ski villages when Krasnaya Polyana […]

There was an article today in the Pittsburg Post Gazette about the NHL and the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics. Gary Bettman, the commissioner of the NHL, is quoted as making some pretty tough statements about whether or not the NHL players would be allowed to participate despite already having played in the past 3 Olympics […]

Who says the Russians aren’t fast learners? Certainly not me. For a country which spent 80 years in a command economy, the Russians have quickly become among the world’s smartest capitalists. Check-out this article from the International Herald Tribune titled Olympic Movement Seeks Russian Sponsors.
Apparently, “… Gerhard Heiberg, head of the marketing committee for the […]

Below is the full video (posted on YouTube by Russia Today) of President Putin’s address in English and French to the IOC in Guatemala City on Wednesday July 4th. Many people cite Mr. Putin’s speach as one of the critical factors in helping to make Sochi the choice for the 2014 Winter Olympics. Here are […]

SOCHI WINS! Sochi has just been awarded the 2014 Winter Olympics!! Molodetz Sochi. Click on the image above for more information.

It is just one day before the International Olympic Committee in Guatemala will announce the host city of the 2014 Winter Olympics, and the Russian Sochi bid team admits the race will be tough. More than 15,000 people are expected to gather in central Sochi on Wednesday, July 4th, to watch the announcement live on […]

Sochi 2014. Five more days before the big announcement in Guatemala on July 4th. Like many folks from Krasnodar Krai, I am waiting with baited breath. I find it encouraging that President Putin will make a visit himself to Guatemala on July 3rd after visiting the Bushes in Maine. Apparently the city of Sochi is […]

Rio’s got one and now too does Portland, Oregon (USA). It’s called the Portland Aerial Tram and it is making a big impression on visitors to this Northwestern US city.
Sochi could definitely build its own Sky Tram to take tourists from the Black Sea up into the foothills of the Kavkaz.