Sochi 2014: Countdown

Only a few months before the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, but cranes still tower over the numerous construction sites, trying to complete the transformation of Russia's multibillion-dollar resort in the winter sports center.

About how he saw the pre-Olympic Sochi Reuters press photographer Maxim Shemetov.

Will be 25 photos and comments of the author.
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1.Vid the resort "Rosa Khutor" - the largest object of the Winter Olympics in 2014. Located about 40 km from the city of Sochi, 21 September 2013.



2.Kanatnaya road to the ski resort of Rosa Khutor, 21 September 2013.



3. In a city circle building. The center of Sochi, 19 September 2013.



4.Rabochy worker on the balcony in the village of Krasnaya Polyana. In addition to the Olympic Park, Krasnaya Polyana receives Winter Olympic Games 2014.



5.Kazaki in the center of Sochi. They are searching for illegal immigrants.



6.Zdes not only the buildings, meet in Sochi and such houses. Adler district of the city, 26 September 2013.



7.Okolo beach in the Adler district of Sochi, 26 September 2013.



8.The beach in Sochi September 22, 2013.



9.Odinoky fisherman on a pier, 19 September 2013.



10.Plyazh Khosta district of Sochi, 25 September 2013. dirty.



11.Pogoda not for swimming, but you can surf the exercise, 25 September 2013.



12. In September in Sochi have been numerous showers that have repeatedly flooded the town, 24 September 2013.



13.Sentyabr 2013 turned out to be all on the record rainfall - 525 mm, which is 413% of the monthly norm. Thunderstorm, 20 September 2013. (Photo by Maxim Shemetov | Reuters):



14. In Sochi, a huge number of migrants, both legal and not. The detainees at the police station in the center of Sochi, 18 September 2013.



15.MVD says that half of the crimes committed by migrants in Sochi.

Migrant workers in Krasnaya Polyana, 21 September 2013.



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Migrant workers in a cafe in the village of Krasnaya Polyana, 21 September 2013.



17. Street in the center of Sochi, September 19, 2013



18.Sochi - an expensive city, prices in Sochi on products, services, things here are much higher than the average for Russia. Seller melons from Tajikistan, 22 September 2013.



19.Sochinskie realities. Migrants with the sheep in the village of Krasnaya Polyana, 21 September 2013.



20.Prodavschitsa pilaf in the Tajik market in Sochi September 23, 2013.



21.Migranty at a bus stop in the center of Sochi, 24 September 2013.



22.Ukladka asphalt in the Olympic Park in the Adler district of Sochi, September 23, 2013



23.Vid the Olympic facilities and residential areas through the window of an old abandoned bus near, 25 September 2013.



24.Do 2014 Olympics left 120 days. About this say "the horse is not lying." Construction in the Olympic village at the ski resort Rosa Khutor, 26 September 2013.



25.Olimpiyskaya village at the ski resort Rosa Khutor, 26 September 2013.

So I saw the city of Sochi in September 2013th Reuters press photographer Maxim Shemetov.



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