A Glimpse At Life In Sochi Before The Olympics Swept In

Photographs of Sochi and its people reveal how little sense it makes to turn this small seaside city into a world stage for a winter sporting event.

As winter Olympians, fans, media, and businesses descend onto Sochi, it's hard to focus attention away from the controversies (the protests over Russia's anti-gay laws and the #SochiProblems Twitter tag taken up by foreign journalists, to name a few). But what of the city itself? To explore the complexities of Sochi and its people, two Dutch journalists, who have covered Russia and its surrounding countries for years, created The Sochi Project.

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