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1. Scenar Therapy October 22, 2009 Holistic health and massage therapies Works by helping the body heal itself. Developed by Russian doctors and scientists at Sochi university during the space race that allows the device to mimic nerve impulses with the central nervous system. The Scenar is operated by placing electrodes on the skin, information is collected relating to tissues and organs via the Ectodermic layer (The outermost of the three primary germ layers of an embryo, from which the epidermis, nervous tissue, and, in vertebrates, sense organs develop). Scenar stimulates the nervous system to produce neuropeptides... (read more) Author: michael janek

2. Putin's Party Ahead in Russian Elections October 12, 2009 Russian PM Vladimir Putin gives an interview to Abkhaz media in Sochi, 12 Aug 2009Preliminary results from Sunday's local and regional elections in Russia indicate a strong showing for Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's party -- but the opposition is claiming widespread fraud.Central Elections Commission official Leonid Ivlev said vote counts Monday show Mr. Putin's United Russia party won nearly 80 percent of the local races. These include elections for mayors and regional and city legislatures. In Moscow, the pro-Kremlin United Russia has 66 percent of the vote for city council. The opposition ... (read more)

3. Russian, Israeli Leaders Meet on Mideast Peace, Iran August 18, 2009 Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev (l) and his Israeli counterpart Shimon Peres at the Bochariv Ruchei presidential residence in Russia's Black Sea resort of Sochi, 18 Aug 2009Israeli President Shimon Peres says he is confident Russia can play a key role in restarting the stalled Middle East peace process.Mr. Peres spoke Tuesday, alongside his Russian counterpart, Dmitri Medvedev, after talks in the Russian Black Sea resort city of Sochi. For his part, Mr. Medvedev said all parties in the Middle East conflict should give up what he called "confrontation scenarios" and adopt a "calmer approach... (read more)

4. Medvedev: No Normal Ties with Ukraine Under Current Leaders August 14, 2009 Pres. Dmitri Medvedev and his golden retriever Aldo at Bocharov Ruchei pres. residence in Sochi, southern Russia, 14 Aug 2009Russian President Dmitri Medvedev says his country cannot have normal relations with Ukraine unless there is a leadership change in Kyiv.Although the Russian president said he sees no prospect of restoring normal ties with Ukraine, he added that he hopes new leadership in Ukraine will significantly improve chances for improving relations between Moscow and Kyiv. Mr. Medvedev spoke to reporters Friday in Russia's Black Sea resort of Sochi, following his talks with visiti... (read more)

5. Russia to Boost Abkhazia's Defenses August 12, 2009 Russian PM Vladimir Putin gives an interview to Abkhaz media in Sochi, 12 Aug 2009Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is in Abkhazia, on his first visit to that breakaway republic of Georgia since Russia recognized the area as an independent country almost a year ago.The Russian leader laid a wreath at a monument to those killed in fighting between Abkhazian separatists and Georgian forces in the early 1990s. He then went into meetings with Abkhazia's leaders.Earlier, Mr. Putin told Abkhazian journalists Russia will spend about $460 million to build up the region's defenses, including borde... (read more)

6. Russia: Opposition Charges Election Fraud in Future Olympic Host City April 27, 2009 Sunday's mayoral election in Sochi, Russia, host of the 2014 Winter Olympics, has resulted in charges of fraud against the Kremlin favorite who is reported winning the contest in a crushing landslide. In an election seen as a test of President Dmitri Medvedev's commitment to democratic reforms, Kremlin-backed candidate and acting Sochi Mayor Anatoly Pakhamov has been declared winner of the contest with just under 77 percent of the vote. Boris Nemtsov of the anti-Kremlin Solidarity MovementRunning a distant second is Boris Nemtsov of the anti-Kremlin Solidarity Movement with 13.6 percen... (read more)

7. Election Officials: Landslide for Pro-Kremlin Candidate in Sochi April 26, 2009 Russian election officials say the acting mayor of Sochi, the host city of the 2014 Winter Olympics, has been elected to the post by an apparent overwhelming margin.With 80 percent of the votes counted, officials say Kremlin-backed Mayor Anatoly Pakhamov won more than 76 percent of Sunday's mayoral vote.  The closest opposition candidate, Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov, was a distant second with 13 percent and communist Yuri Dzaganiya was far behind in third place.Voter turnout was listed at about 38 percent.Nemtsov accused authorities of suppressing the opposition's campaign by limiting me... (read more)

8. Putin Reaches Out to EU as Georgia Calls for Sanctions August 30, 2008 Russian PM Vladimir Putin during interview with Germany's ARD television in Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, 29 Aug 2008Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has urged the European Union to ignore Georgia's call for sanctions on Russia after Moscow's intervention in the Caucasus.In an interview with Germany's ARD television Friday, Mr. Putin called on the 27-nation bloc to take what he called a rational and objective stance on the Georgian conflict.  He blamed Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili for starting the conflict, and he criticized the United States for supporting the Georgi... (read more)

9. Russia Signs Georgian Cease-Fire Agreement August 16, 2008 Russian President Dmitry Medvedev at Security Council meeting in Sochi, 16 Aug 2008Russian President Dmitri Medvedev has signed a cease-fire agreement aimed at helping bring an end to hostilities with neighboring Georgia.A Kremlin spokesman made the announcement Saturday.Earlier, Russia's Foreign Ministry said it had received a copy of a cease-fire document. It said it was identical to the one already signed in Moscow by separatist leaders from the breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili signed the cease-fire after meeting with U.S. Secretary of ... (read more)

10. Russia's President Says Breakaway Regions Not Likely to Return to Georgia August 15, 2008 Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Friday it is unlikely that the breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia will rejoin Georgia after a week of violent clashes. He offered the prediction just before Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili announced that he had signed a truce agreement with Russia. Emma Stickgold has this report for VOA from Moscow. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and German Chancellor Angela Merkel met in the Black Sea coast city Sochi not far from Georgia and its breakaway provinces to discuss the unfolding events of the last week. Mr. Medvedev said Georgia was no... (read more)

11. EU Warns Russian Parliament on Georgia's Abkhazia Region June 04, 2008 A top European Union official has told Russian lawmakers their country's actions in Georgia's breakaway republic of Abkhazia are threatening regional stability EU External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner told the lower house of Russia's parliament (the Duma) that the European bloc is concerned about stability ahead of the 2014 Winter Olympics in the southern Russian resort of Sochi. Bilateral tensions have risen dramatically since April, when Moscow announced it was boosting material support and its military presence in Abkhazia. Since then, the United Nations determined that a ... (read more)

12. Sochi Residents Question Property Seizures for 2014 Winter Olympics April 11, 2008 Sochi's winning bid for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games has been a mixed blessing for many of the Russian resort city's residents. The joy of hosting such a prestigious event has been accompanied by rising prices and the realization that many will lose homes to make way for Olympic sites. VOA correspondent Peter Fedynsky recently visited the city and reports widespread dissatisfaction with the process of taking people's private property. For the past 13 years, Oleg Shcherbatsky has lived with his family on a Black Sea beach about a 45-minute drive from Sochi and the mountains where Olympic ski... (read more)

13. Bush Home After Europe Trip April 06, 2008 President George W. Bush is back in Washington after failing to win Russian support for a U.S. missile defense system in central Europe. Mr. Bush arrived home Sunday after holding his a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Black Sea resort of Sochi. The two leaders signed an agreement that they call a blueprint for their successors. Mr. Bush said it spells out the accomplishments both countries have made in the past seven years. It does not include Russian backing for U.S. plans to put defensive missiles and radar in Poland and the Czech Republic. But Mr. Bush said the framewo... (read more)

14. Bush and Putin Meet in Russia, Remain Divided on Missile Defense System April 06, 2008 U.S. President George W. Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin have agreed on a strategic framework to guide future relations but remain divided on U.S. plans for a missile defense system in central Europe. Speaking after talks in the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi, Mr. Putin said the United States has heard his country's concerns over the missile system plans, disarmament treaties and opposition to NATO expansion. Mr. Bush said the sides discussed other issues such as the nuclear programs in Iran and North Korea, terrorism and economic cooperation. He said the two countries have expre... (read more)

15. White House: No Missile Defense Deal Expected This Weekend April 05, 2008 White House officials say they do not expect U.S. President George W. Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin to reach an agreement this weekend on a missile defense system that the U.S. wants to place in Central Europe.  VOA's Kent Klein reports from Washington. The U.S. and Russian leaders are meeting in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, where the U.S. missile defense plans are on the agenda.  A White House spokeswoman traveling with the President said the talks were on the right track, but more work will be needed after Sochi. The proposed missile defense system would be placed in... (read more)

16. President Bush in Russia for Talks with President Putin April 05, 2008 U.S. President George W. Bush has arrived in Russia's Black Sea resort of Sochi for talks with President Vladimir Putin on future relations between their two countries as both men conclude their terms of office. White House officials accompanying Mr. Bush say they do not expect the talks to produce an agreement on U.S. plans to deploy an anti-missile defense system in central Europe. A spokeswoman said discussions on the issue are on the right track, but more work will be needed after Sochi. Russia strongly opposes the U.S. missile defense plans, describing them as a threat to its security.&n... (read more)

17. Bush To Meet Putin In Russia March 27, 2008 President Bush has accepted an invitation from Russian President Vladimir Putin to travel to Russia for talks April 6 on missile defense. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports the hastily arranged meeting will come at the end of a European tour that will also take Mr. Bush to Ukraine, Croatia and the NATO summit in Romania. President Bush will confer with President Putin in the Black Sea resort town of Sochi. It is likely to be their final meeting as heads of state. With a new Russian president slated for inauguration in May, and the American presidential campaign well underway, both men appear to be s... (read more)

18. Sochi Awarded 2014 Winter Olympics July 05, 2007 The Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi has been awarded the 2014 Winter Olympics. The Sochi bid won in a vote Wednesday by members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) who met in Guatemala City, Guatemala. Salzburg, Austria was eliminated after the first round of voting. Sochi then emerged the winner with the majority of votes in the final round. Russia, an Olympic power which has won 293 Winter Games medals, has never hosted the Winter Olympics. The vote totals were not immediately released. But the result was a triumph for Vladmir Putin. The Russian President put his international pr... (read more)

19. Russia Shows Resort to Winter Olympic Committee February 19, 2007 A delegation from the International Olympic Committee has arrived in the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi to assess its bid to host the 2014 Winter Olympics.  Other candidate cities are Salzburg, Austria and Pyeongchang, South Korea.  Emma Simpson reports for VOA from Moscow, Sochi is a popular holiday spot for Russians, but less well known outside Russia. Russia is spending billions of dollars to try to put Sochi on the international tourism map. The town on the Black Sea was built in the 1930s as a summer resort for weary soviet workers.  Today, millions of Russians flock th... (read more)

20. Blackout at Russian Resort of Sochi January 31, 2007 High winds and heavy snow have knocked out power to the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi, stranding people on ski lifts and in the subway for hours. Officials say wet snow and ice on power lines cut electricity to 400,000 people on Tuesday. Officials hope to have power fully restored later Wednesday. Sochi is bidding to host the 2014 Winter Olympics. Russia is striving to upgrade power systems nationwide. Some information for this report was provided by AFP and Reuters.  ... (read more)

21. 3 Cities Still in Running for 2014 Winter Olympics June 22, 2006 Only three cities remain in the running to host the 2014 Winter Olympics. The International Olympic Committee trimmed the field Thursday ahead of the final selection in July of next year. Salzburg, Austria; Pyeongchang, South Korea; and Sochi, Russia; were selected as finalists by the International Olympic Committee's 15-member executive board. But the full IOC assembly of more than 100 members will make the final selection at its session in Guatemala City on July 4, 2007. Eliminated from the race were Almaty, Kazakhstan; Borjomi, Georgia; Jaca, Spain; and Sofia, Bulgaria. Salzburg and Pyeong... (read more)

22. EU Leaders Meet With Putin May 25, 2006 Russian President Vladimir Putin met with three top European Union leaders at his summer retreat near the town of Sochi in southern Russia Thursday to discuss issues including illegal immigration and energy policy. There were smiles all around, as President Putin welcomed European Commission head Jose Manuel Barroso, foreign-policy chief Javier Solana, and current EU president Austrian Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel. The four men ate dinner within view of the Black Sea coast, and Mr. Putin commented about the beautiful weather in southern Russia. But there was some tension in the air, especial... (read more)

23. EU-Russia Summit Focuses on Energy Issues May 25, 2006 Russian President Vladimir Putin has sought to assure European Union leaders that his country is a reliable trading partner, following a brief disruption of Russian gas supplies to Ukraine and Europe in January. Mr. Putin's comments came Thursday at the close of a one-day Russian-EU summit in the Black Sea resort of Sochi. The Russian president said Moscow is committed to preventing a recurrence of the gas cut-off. That brief crisis was triggered when a quarrel between Russia and Ukraine over prices sharply reduced the flow of gas to western Europe. Mr. Putin also urged the European Union to... (read more)

24. EU-Russia Summit to Focus on Energy Issues May 25, 2006 Russian President Vladimir Putin has sought to assure European Union leaders that his country is a reliable trading partner, following a brief disruption of Russian gas supplies to Ukraine and Europe in January. Mr. Putin's comments came Thursday as he hosted a one-day Russian-EU summit in the Black Sea resort of Sochi.  European Commission President Jose Manual Barroso and Austrian Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel were among key European participants. The Russian president stressed his country's reliability as a trading partner that is committed to preventing a recurrence of the gas cut-of... (read more)

25. Palestinian, Russian Presidents Meet in Bid for New Peace Talks May 15, 2006 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met with Russian President Vladimir Putin near the Black Sea resort of Sochi Monday, seeking support for renewed peace talks with Israel. The Palestinian president says he is meeting with Mr. Putin in hopes of reviving the stalled peace process between the Palestinians and Israel. In an interview with the Russian newspaper Izvestia, Mr. Abbas called for Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to agree to new talks "in a bid to find a peaceful resolution" to the Middle East conflict. The Palestinian leader received a warm welcome from Mr. Putin at the Russian le... (read more)

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