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Secret Sochi

Life Inside a Potemkin Village

Into the Wild

Into the Wild

“Everything’s for fucking sale.”
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Lucian Kim
Feb 7, 2014
The Olympic Land Grab

The Olympic Land Grab

Officials in Sochi introduce a new Olympic discipline.
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Lucian Kim
Feb 5, 2014
Skating in a Swamp

Skating in a Swamp

The Olympic Park has sprouted up on a drained wetland that until a few years ago was a state farm.
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Lucian Kim
Feb 3, 2014
The Pearl of Sochi

The Pearl of Sochi

Fleecing tourists is the name of the game.
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Lucian Kim
Jan 31, 2014
At Putin’s Dacha

At Putin’s Dacha

Putin’s love of Sochi is the sole reason that Russia’s only subtropical city will host the Winter Olympics.
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Lucian Kim
Jan 28, 2014
Russian Riviera 

Russian Riviera 

Sochi was just a provincial backwater when I first visited.
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Lucian Kim
Jan 27, 2014
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