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Secret Sochi
Life Inside a Potemkin Village
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Into the Wild
Into the Wild
“Everything’s for fucking sale.”
Lucian Kim
Feb 7, 2014
The Olympic Land Grab
The Olympic Land Grab
Officials in Sochi introduce a new Olympic discipline.
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.
Lucian Kim
Feb 3, 2014
The Pearl of Sochi
The Pearl of Sochi
Fleecing tourists is the name of the game.
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.
Lucian Kim
Jan 28, 2014
Russian Riviera
Russian Riviera
Sochi was just a provincial backwater when I first visited.
Lucian Kim
Jan 27, 2014
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