Russian President Vladimir Putin has hosted his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the resort city of Sochi for long-anticipated bilateral talks. Monday’s discussions included a closed-door meeting between Russian and Turkish delegations, as well as direct negotiations between the leaders of the two countries. The talks revolved around various …
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Torrential rains wreaked havoc in southern Russia, triggering disruptive flash floods and causing significant property damage. Authorities in the former Winter Olympics host city of Sochi activated the emergency alarm system on Saturday night, warning residents to shelter at home and be ready for possible evacuations. The emergency sirens were …
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The accident happened late on Saturday as a rented Mercedes S500 was carrying Sobchak and two of her associates from the ski resort town of Krasnaya Polyana, a key site of the 2014 Winter Olympics, to Sochi airport. Sobchak had apparently been in Sochi to host a corporate event. The …
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The summit was hotly anticipated as Russia and Turkey appeared at odds over the current situation in Syria’s Idlib province, and following Erdogan’s speech at last week’s UN General Assembly calling Crimea a part of Ukraine “whose annexation we do not recognize.” Its results, however, remain veiled in mystery as …
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The meeting comes just a week after Erdogan expressed frustration at talks with his NATO ally, US President Joe Biden, and announced that he would instead try to build closer ties with Russia. The Turkish leader felt that the discussions in New York went badly. The fact Ankara is a …
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In an article published by the downmarket outlet last week, a grim picture was painted of the top tourist destination’s current prospects. Beset by Covid-19 cases and cancellations, businesses were apparently struggling and its beaches had fallen quiet. The Krasnodar Region in which it is located has demanded that all visitors staying …
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In Sochi, two elderly women detained by police for holding pickets. As the correspondent of “Rosbalt” the eyewitness of events, the editor of video channel “Sochi municipality” Anna Kolmogortseva, pensioners accused of committing an administrative offense. According to Anna Kolmogortseva, 62-year-old Galina Lazorska on Monday came to the administration building …
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In Sochi, the negotiations Putin and Lukashenko. The presidents of Russia and Belarus Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko meet in Sochi. They plan to discuss bilateral cooperation, including integration processes within the Union state, reported on the Kremlin website. The President started the conversation tete-a-tete, later to be joined by …
Read More »The opposition leader and the founder of the Fund of struggle against corruption (FBK) Alexei Navalny has published a video about the inspection trip members of the independent trade Union “Alliance of doctors” in the hospital N 5 in Dagomys (Sochi). At the time, before the Olympics in 2014, the …
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In Sochi, the fourth-graders crowd beat a child with an exemption from physical education directly into the classroom. The teacher in this moment took standards and did not stop the offenders, writes “Interfax”. The incident occurred in the school № 13. Mother of the victim posted a video to social …
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