Sochi

As sanctions imposed on Moscow amid the war in Ukraine hits its aviation sector, Russia is now preparing to launch cruise ship tours to Türkiye this month.

The Astoria Grande cruise ship will hold tours from the Russian city of Sochi in the Black Sea to Istanbul starting mid-July.

The Turkish defense minister and intelligence chief visited Russia's coastal city of Sochi on Nov. 20 for high-level talks with officials on Syria's Idlib.

More than fifty people, including 15 children, were evacuated from a burning five-storey residential building in the center of the Russian city of Sochi.
 
At 19:19 local time, the fire was localized, and half an hour later, the fire was extinguished.
 

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the destruction of passenger planes that have been reported to carry a bomb for the purpose of assaulting the opening of the Sochi Winter Olympics in 2014. Ultimately, the tragedy was avoided.

Russian President Vladimir Putin gave an order to shoot down a passenger plane he believed would be used in a terror attack at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, he said in a new documentary.

Twenty-eight Russian athletes have had their Olympic doping bans overturned and their results from the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi reinstated after their appeals were upheld by sport’s highest tribunal yesterday.

Turkey has welcomed a decision for the formation of a constitutional committee by the Syrian National Dialogue Congress held in the Russian city of Sochi on Jan. 30, vowing to continue to contribute for peace and stability in its southern neighbor. 

Turkish Chief of General Staff Gen. Hulusi Akar on Nov. 21 went to the Russian resort of Sochi to meet with his Russian and Iranian counterparts, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.

The Turkish, Iranian and Russian foreign ministers will meet this weekend in the southern province of Antalya for the preparation of a leaders’ summit on Nov. 22 in the Russian city of Sochi.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will pay a visit to Russia’s Black Sea resort city of Sochi on Nov. 13 to meet with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.