The December 2024 catastrophe left the Krasnodar resort town without tourists. Hotel bookings for June-July 2025 dropped by 30-70 percent compared to the same period last summer.

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The Lionesses are defending their title, new thoughts on art and clothing and exhibitions on the sea and the Edwardians.

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Karen Benjamin Guzzo, Professor of Sociology and Director of the Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Shelley Clark, Professor of Sociology, McGill University While ...