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BREAKING TOP DEMOCRATS ARRESTED FOR TREASON CHARGES – JUSTICE IS SERVED!

Sen. David Perdue made a huge announcement that shocked everyone.

30 Democrat Senators are met with charges of treason and are currently under investigation.

Apparently they all met with the Russian Ambassador in 2015.

After a detailed investigation, their meetings with the ambassador were based upon Obama's

deal with Iran about nuclear weapons.

Perdue revealed this information in order to protect Attorney General Jeff Sessions

as well.

It covers up all the lies about Sessions meeting with the Russian Ambassador during Trump's

campaign so far.

Perdue was very strict when he made the announcement as well.

Senator Claire McCaskill is one of the accused.

She cried on Twitter that she is innocent.

Well Perdue shut her up pretty quickly.

The information about her meeting have been found directly on her Twitter account.

She had at least 2 encounters with the Russian ambassador.

And she wasn't the only one.

Another 29 Democrats had meeting with the Russian or other nations ambassadors.

Their main goal was to promote Obama's Iran nuclear deal.

Democrats have proven to be more and more deceiving after every huge investigation on

them.

Just how much are they hiding from the American citizens?

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For more infomation >> BREAKING TOP DEMOCRATS ARRESTED FOR TREASON CHARGES – JUSTICE IS SERVED! - Duration: 11:40.

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RED ALERT MUELLER PREPARING TO BEGIN TRUMP IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS - Duration: 11:28.

RED ALERT MUELLER PREPARING TO BEGIN TRUMP IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS

Liberal legal expert Alan Dershowitz spoke out on Monday to say that the raid of President

Donald Trump's attorney Michael Cohen's office indicates to him that White House Special

Counsel Robert Mueller's goal is to produce a report that will get the president impeached.

"I think that's the plan," Dershowitz told Fox News host Sean Hannity when asked

what Mueller's ultimate goal is.

Western Journalism reported that Dershowitz explained that the decision to raid Cohen's

office may be part of a plan to turn the attorney against his client.

"This may be an attempt to squeeze Cohen.

He's the lawyer.

He's the guy who knows all the facts about Donald Trump," said Dershowitz.

"And to get him to turn against his client.

This is a very dangerous day today for lawyer-client relations."

The legal expert went on to discuss the dilemma Trump is facing when it comes to whether or

not to agree to an interview with Mueller.

"If he pleads the Fifth, Mueller gives him immunity and then he has to testify and immunity

doesn't cover impeachment," Dershowitz said, adding that if Trump declines to be

interviewed, "the problem of course for the president is Mueller ultimately holds

the card in which he can subpoena the president, call him in front of a grand jury without

his lawyer, without restrictions."

Trump himself spoke out on Monday to call Mueller's actions against Cohen "a disgrace,"

adding that the Mueller investigation is "an attack on our country in a true sense.

It's an attack on what we all stand for."

"So they find no collusion, and then they go from there and they say, 'Well, let's

keep going,'" Trump stated.

"And they raid an office of a personal attorney early in the morning, and I think it's a

disgrace."

When asked if he would fire Mueller, Trump replied, "We'll see what happens," and,

"Many people have said you should fire him."

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For more infomation >> RED ALERT MUELLER PREPARING TO BEGIN TRUMP IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS - Duration: 11:28.

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IT'S OVER Senate Drops NUKE On Robert Mueller - Duration: 10:30.

IT'S OVER Senate Drops NUKE On Robert Mueller

White House Special Counsel Robert Mueller just got some bad news when Sen. John Thune

(R-SD) said he does not think his probe into Donald Trump's alleged collusion with Russia

during the presidential election will end with a report to Congress detailing impeachable

offenses.

"The American people at some point are going to tire of this, and many of them have already

put it in their rearview mirrors," Thune said, according to Breitbart.

Thune was then asked directly if he thinks there will be an impeachment referral to Congress.

"I would highly doubt that would be the case.

I think it's in the president's best interest and the American people's best interest

that the facts and the truth get out there.

That the conclusions be reached.

They've investigated everything and interviewed everybody and have had months and months of

this now to do this and I think it's time for them to begin to start winding this down.

I hope that happens sooner rather than later, because I don't think it's in anybody's

best interest to drag these sorts of things out forever and for them to become an unending

sort of campaign."

This comes after Trump's attorney Rudy Giuliani said that Mueller should follow the example

former FBI Director James Comey set in 2016, when he investigated and publicly exonerated

Hillary Clinton for her use of a private email server.

"When Comey closed [the case] in July — although I think it was a complete whitewash — I'd

like to have them do that for us," the former New York City mayor said.

"Come on!

They've had a whole year," Giuliani said in a recent interview.

"We're going to raise the pressure to try to get this thing over with.

It's gone on long enough."

Giuliani scoffed at the idea that Mueller's investigation would last beyond the midterm

elections later this year.

"I think that'd be absurd," he said.

"If we're talking about the public having some degree of toleration for it now that'd

switch very quickly" if the investigation extended beyond this year.

What do you think about this?

Let us know your thoughts in the comments section.

For more infomation >> IT'S OVER Senate Drops NUKE On Robert Mueller - Duration: 10:30.

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Jeff Sessions Stepped Up And Answered The One Question Everyone Was Asking - Duration: 12:28.

Jeff Sessions Stepped Up And Answered The One Question Everyone Was Asking

There is a mystery surrounding Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

President Trump has blasted Sessions for his recusal in the Russia investigation, which

has led to serious questions about his future.

In one interview, Sessions delivered an answer that helped solve this riddle.

While President Trump routinely criticizes Sessions for not being upfront about having

to recuse himself, Trump supporters wonder why he keeps Sessions running the Justice

Department despite his questionable loyalty.

One answer to that question could be that there are two Jeff Sessions.

There is the Jeff Sessions who caved to the swamp and anti-Trump media pressure by recusing

himself from the Russia investigation.

The second Jeff Sessions has been a fearless champion in implementing and defending Donald

Trump's America First crackdown on illegal immigration.

Sessions proved this an in a recent radio interview when he defended the administration's

zero-tolerance policy for referring all illegal border crossings to prosecutions.

This has led to the children of illegal aliens being separated from their parents after the

adults are processed for crimes.

The children are released into the custody of either relatives or the least restrictive

shelter possible.

Journalists and Democratic operatives used this policy to spread fake news and score

cheap political points at the administration's expense by smearing Trump an inhuman racist.

Over the Memorial Day weekend holiday, Democratic operatives and so-called "journalists"

spread photos of children in cages at a detention center in Arizona like wildfire across social

media.

But it blew up in the left's face when alert readers quickly realized the photographs were

from 2014 – when Barack Obama was in the White House.

But as usual, the correction got far fewer coverage than the explosive allegations that

Trump was caging minor children because he enjoys being cruel to illegal aliens.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions defended the policy of separating illegal alien minors

from their parents as a sensible deterrent to illegal border crossings.

In an interview with radio host Hugh Hewitt, Sessions stated:

"WELL, WE CAN, WE'D BE GLAD TO WORK AT THAT, AND ACTUALLY, TO KEEP THEM AS CLOSE

AS POSSIBLE, AND THEN THEY'RE DEPORTED.

BUT THE LAW REQUIRES US TO KEEP CHILDREN IN A DIFFERENT FACILITY THAN WE DO FOR ADULTS.

AND EVERY TIME SOMEBODY, HUGH, GETS PROSECUTED IN AMERICA FOR A CRIME, AMERICAN CITIZENS,

AND THEY GO TO JAIL, THEY'RE SEPARATED FROM THEIR CHILDREN.

WE DON'T WANT TO DO THIS AT ALL.

IF PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO BE SEPARATED FROM THEIR CHILDREN, THEY SHOULD NOT BRING THEM

WITH THEM.

WE'VE GOT TO GET THIS MESSAGE OUT.

YOU'RE NOT GIVEN IMMUNITY.

YOU HAVE TO, YOU WILL BE PROSECUTED IF YOU BRING, IF YOU COME ILLEGALLY.

AND IF YOU BRING CHILDREN, YOU'LL STILL BE PROSECUTED."

The reality is quite simple.

If illegal aliens don't want to be separated from their children, they should not attempt

to sneak into the country.

The Trump administration – as Sessions explained – is not carrying out a zero-tolerance policy

to prosecute illegal aliens out of cruelty.

Their goal is to protect American sovereignty and the country's workers from the harmful

effects of illegal immigration.

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Robert Mueller's Case Just Collapsed After A Surprise Witness Stepped Forward - Duration: 12:28.

Robert Mueller's Case Just Collapsed After A Surprise Witness Stepped Forward

Robert Mueller's collusion investigation suffered a fatal blow.

A surprise witness just stepped forward and blew a giant hole in the special counsel's

investigation.

And this shocking testimony proves Trump is innocent once and for all.

Robert Mueller's team trumpeted the guilty plea by Trump campaign aide George Papadopoulos

as a significant development in his investigation.

Papadopoulos allegedly kicked off the Russia investigation by blabbing to Australian diplomat

Alexander Downer about the Russians offering him dirt in the form of emails on Hillary

Clinton.

Although Papadopoulos was never charged with colluding with Russia, the media took his

guilty plea as an article of faith that the Trump team had advanced knowledge of Russia

possessing hacked emails obtained from Democrats.

This was the alleged silver bullet that proved collusion.

But Mueller's case just collapsed.

Mueller's case against Papadopoulos hinges on an interaction with Maltese professor Joseph

Mifsud.

The plea agreement states Papadopoulos understood Mifsud to be connected to the Russian government

when they met and Mifsud claimed the Russians had "dirt on Hillary."

But that does not appear to be the case.

The truth is Mifsud is connected to Western intelligence and he has strongly denied any

connection to Russia.

Papadopoulos' wife Simona Mangiante – who is a former attorney in the European Parliament

– gave an interview to the Daily Caller where she stated that Papadopoulos had no

involvement with Russian collusion and did not believe the "dirt" he was offered

by Mifsud were the hacked emails from the DNC.

According to Mangiante, Papadopoulos believed Mifsud –who offered the information unprompted

– was talking about the 30,000 emails Hillary Clinton said her legal team deleted from her

private server.

Magiante also claimed Papadopoulos only pled guilty to a process crime of lying to the

FBI about when he met with Mifsud because Mueller and his team threatened to charge

him with being an agent of the Israeli government.

The Daily Caller reported: "George had nothing to do with Russia," said Mangiante, who

has acted as a sort of spokeswoman for her husband in the months since his plea deal.

Mangiante also said Papadopoulos "pled guilty because [Mueller's prosecutors] threatened

to charge him with being an Israeli agent."

Mangiante also shot down any rumors that Papadopoulos possessed any damaging information on Trump

or his campaign.

The Daily Caller reports:

"ON DEC. 8, SHE TOLD CNN THAT THE WHITE HOUSE WANTED TO "DISASSOCIATE" FROM PAPADOPOULOS

BECAUSE HE HAD "DECIDED TO ACTIVELY COOPERATE WITH THE GOVERNMENT, ON THE RIGHT SIDE."

MANGIANTE SAID SHE WAS LIMITED AT THE TIME IN WHAT SHE COULD DISCUSS ABOUT PAPADOPOULOS'

CASE.

BUT SHE SAID SHE DID NOT INTEND THE REFERENCE TO DEAN TO BE AN INDICATION THAT PAPADOPOULOS

WOULD REVEAL INFORMATION ABOUT COLLUSION.

"I WASN'T SAYING THAT THE CAMPAIGN WAS TRYING TO COLLUDE."

Based on this interview, Mueller's case is nothing more than a house of cards.

The press hyped up the Papadopoulos' guilty plea because it allowed the anti-Trump forces

to present forward momentum in the Mueller investigation.

But like the entire collusion scam, there is no "there, there."

Papadopoulos – who never colluded with Russia or knew anything about alleged Russian interference

– pled guilty to a minor process crime because Mueller threatened him with a costly and life-changing

legal battle.

So Papadopoulos copped to a minor crime that could see him in jail for up to six months.

Far from being a Russian agent, Papadopoulos was an innocent victim of a maniacal and blood

thirsty anti-Trump prosecutor out to score victories at any cost.

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Hillary Is Done For After A Major Ally Threw Her Under The Bus - Duration: 12:43.

Hillary Is Done For After A Major Ally Threw Her Under The Bus

Since losing the 2016 election, Hillary Clinton has lost a lot of friends.

The once beloved Democrat became ostracized over night after losing.

While that was bad enough for her, her life is now over after a major ally just threw

her under the bus.

Twenty-Five years ago, then-President Bill Clinton faced perhaps the largest political

scandal in modern history.

His affair with Monica Lewinsky, and subsequent denials, eclipsed everything he did as President.

Now his entire Presidential era is known for that one act.

Despite Bill Clinton apologizing publicly for what he did, he has not given Lewinsky

an apology.

Not only that, but he doesn't believe he owes her one.

And it wasn't just Bill who handled the situation badly, his wife Hillary was known

to have gone on the attack after the accusations came out.

She dismissed the entire ordeal as a "rightwing conspiracy theory," and even attacked Lewinsky

herself.

While a lot of Hillary and Bill's friends came to accept the way they treated Lewinsky,

not all of them did.

Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe is one of those who has not accepted what they did.

McAuliffe is a long-time friend of both Bill and Hillary Clinton, being friends at the

time of his impeachment scandal.

He stated in an interview with MSNBC's Kasie Hunt that the way the Clinton's treated

Monica Lewinsky was "horrible."

The Virginia governor stated that 25 years ago he told the Clintons the way they handled

it was horrible, and that he sticks by those statements today.

McAuliffe felt that if the scandal had occurred today, instead of 25 years ago, it would have

been handled with "different arguments," specifically using the ones used in the #MeToo

movement.

The #MeToo movement has served to take down several very powerful people, most notably

movie producer Harvey Weinstein, as well as former Sen. Al Franken.

Bill Clinton clearly acted very inappropriately, using his position of power to engage in sexual

activities with Lewinsky.

And Bill has a long history of similar, and oftentimes more shocking, accusations being

thrown at him.

A number of women have been very vocal about their claims of sexual harassment, and assault

at the hands of the former President.

Many of those women even stated that Hillary Clinton knew about the actions her husband

took, and actively worked to silence their voices.

President Donald Trump gave many of those women a voice during the 2016 Presidential

election, even inviting a number of them to a Presidential debate in which Bill Clinton

was in attendance to.

Despite the left's insistence on taking claims of sexual misconduct by powerful people

seriously, they didn't seem to care very much about the accusations regarding Bill

Clinton.

Even with them on the national stage, with Donald Trump's backing, much of the media

considered the claims against Bill Clinton as a malicious conspiracy theory to harm her

husband.

While McAuliffe has been vocal about the Clinton's actions during the Monica Lewinsky situation,

which many have given him credit for, he has still remained silent about the other accusations

Bill Clinton has faced.

Do you think the women claiming that Bill Clinton sexually assaulted them should be

listened to?

Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below.

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Trump Just Brought Back Big Missing Part Of America After 51 Years And Made History - Duration: 6:41.

It's Official! Trump Just Brought Back Big Missing Part Of America After 51 Years And

Made History.

Although they were once on the brink of extinction after 51 years there is one animal that is

making a strong comeback during the Trump years.

The Bald Eagle!

It's being reported that since 2016 at least four states have experienced record-breaking

numbers on bald eagle nests in the wild.

Biologists are attributing this increase to the increase in public awareness and the 1972

pesticide ban that was implemented when natural bald eagle pairings were only in the few hundreds.

Bald Eagles are still threatened by illegal hunting, car accidents, lead poisoning and

emerging neurological disease.

But what seems to add to the irony of this increase in numbers is that Donald Trump actually

contributed to the public awareness on bald eagles over the past few years when President

Barack Hussein Obama was busy promoting bird k*****g wind turbines.

Wow, great statements from a man who just never seems to be wrong.

Imagine if we were smart enough to get rid of all useless wind turbines?

The California landscape would look a lot nicer, that's for sure.

Here is more on this via U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services:

"How does the Service determine if a species has recovered?

The criteria spelled out in the recovery plans are used as a yardstick to measure whether

the species is no longer endangered or threatened.

But those factors are not the only criteria.

The ESA identifies five threats that the Service must evaluate to determine if delisting is

appropriate:

1.

The present or threatened destruction, modification, or curtailment of the species habitat or range;

2.

The over-use of the species for commercial, recreational, scientific, or educational purposes;

3.

Disease or predation; 4.

The inadequacy of existing regulatory mechanisms; and

5.

Any other natural or manmade factors affecting the continued existence of the species.

The Service determines whether recovery has been achieved by reviewing the best available

scientific and commercial data available in evaluating the above threats to the species.

Recovery plans may set population goals as a measure to indicate whether the threats

have been reduced.

The Service considers these goals in determining whether the threats have been reduced sufficiently

to warrant reclassification of the species, or in this case, delisting.

A species is recovered when it is no longer in danger of extinction, or likely to become

endangered within the foreseeable future throughout all or a significant portion of its range

because the threats that led to the species' listing have been reduced or eliminated.

The bald eagle has met these requirements for removal from the list of endangered and

threatened wildlife.

bald eagle in treeHow will we know that the bald eagle population will not decline without

the protections of the Endangered Species Act?

Concurrently with the delisting, the Service made a draft post-delisting monitoring plan

available and solicited public comment for 90 days.

As required by the Endangered Species Act, the Service will effectively monitor the species

in cooperation with the states for a minimum of five years after delisting.

The post-delisting monitoring plan provides a solid framework for surveying eagles and

documenting eagle success after delisting.

The monitoring plan is designed to track the population status of bald eagles in the lower

48 by sampling the number of breeding pairs, similar to the current monitoring methods.

The monitoring plan is not intended to monitor causal factors such as circumstances that

"disturb" bald eagles or their habitat, a term defined under Bald and Golden Eagle

Protection Act.

If, within the designated monitoring period, threats to bald eagles change or unforeseen

events change the stability of the population, then it may be relisted under the ESA or the

monitoring period may be extended.

How will bald eagles be monitored after they are taken off the list of threatened and endangered

species?

The Bald Eagle Post Delisting Monitoring Plan describes are eagles will be monitored.

Based on the Plan, the status of the bald eagle will be monitored by collecting data

on occupied nests over a 20-year period with sampling events held once every 5 years starting

in early 2009.

Nest check monitoring conducted by the States over the past years will continue and census

of area sample plots will be added.

The area sample plots will be selected from eagle habitat across the contiguous 48 States

based on known nesting density.

The set of known occupied nests (list frame) will be combined with the numbers of newly

identified occupied nests from the area plot samples (area frame) to provide a dual frame

estimate

The goal is to be able to detect a 25 percent change in occupied bald eagle nests on a national

scale at 5 year intervals.

If declines are detected, the Service's Bald Eagle Monitoring Team will work with

the state agencies to investigate the cause of decline.

Factors to be considered include natural population cycles, weather, productivity, contaminants,

habitat changes and other stressors.

The result of the investigation will determine if the population of bald eagles in the lower

48 states warrants expanded monitoring, additional research, and/or resumption of federal protection

under the Endangered Species Act.

At the end of the 20 year monitoring program, the Service will conduct a final review.

In addition, information provided to the Bald Eagle Monitoring Team will be reviewed for

potential population level impacts such as productivity, mortality, major habitat alterations,

contaminants, and weather."

Isn't it beautiful to see a spike in the bald eagle population at the very moment a

new American nationalism started to rise?

A nationalism where people rose up to vote for Donald Trump in droves in order to stop

what socialists, globalists and the D.C.

Swamp had in store for us Americans?

It's like a sign from God that the bald eagle is coming back at a time when America

is coming back to its original splendor.

A splendor we lost when we started letting politicians feather their nests as they hung

us common Americans out to dry?

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We talk to Brittani Severn about bringing back the great Merrill Stevens shipyard in Miami - Duration: 7:30.

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STUDY: US Citizens Possess 40% of World's Firearms - Duration: 1:02.

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Samsung's New Generation of Galaxy Phones To Be Bezel Less, Notch Free ● Tech News ● #TECH - Duration: 2:16.

Probably bezel-less Smartphone design is the trend for the year 2018.

After Oppo, Vivo and Huawei, the latest company to join the forces is Samsung.

The Korean company filed a patent on August 24 last year for a design concept that includes

almost 100 percent screen-to-body ratio, reports Lets Go Digital.

Samsung's filed patent indicates that its full-screen design is about a bezel-less,

headphone jack-free as well as notch-free device.

Moreover, the overall body size seems trimmed from the sides and bottom and the top bezel

is slimmed to wafer thin.

Interestingly, this design concept can be applicable to any electronic device with a

display such as mobile phones, TVs, and monitors.

The patented Samsung full-screen design depicts four magnetic strips attached to all four

sides of the gadget.

These strips are made of different components such as metal, aluminum or patterned wood.

In fact, the magnetic strips can be converted into user replaceable accessories in case

of damage or if somebody wants to customize the upcoming Samsung Smartphone to make it

appear different from other similar models.

The LGD report suggests that in addition to magnetic nature of strips, they seem to have

U-shaped coupling structure.

Moving forward, it is quite evident from Samsung's leaked bezel-less design that there would

be no physical fingerprint scanner either at the front or back side of the new Smartphone

series, unlike Note 8 model.

Though Samsung patent does not discuss anything in detail about the new design, it seems firmer

in structure since the design can be used on TVs.

It is rumored that Samsung will implement the new bezel-less design in its new series

of new Galaxy Smartphone.

However, with Samsung Galaxy Note 9 slated to release in August this year, it seems that

people have to wait for the new design to land in the market.

For more infomation >> Samsung's New Generation of Galaxy Phones To Be Bezel Less, Notch Free ● Tech News ● #TECH - Duration: 2:16.

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Sunny Sochi turns into World Cup playground - Duration: 8:49.

Sunny Sochi turns into World Cup playground

SOCHI, Russia (AP) — Warm weather, beaches, amusement parks.

It's not exactly what Australian fan Adam McKinley expected to find when he decided to make the trip to Russia for the World Cup.

But that's exactly what he got in Sochi, the city introduced to the world as a winter destination during the Olympics four years ago, with its coastal location on the Black Sea and its majestic snow-capped peaks a short distance away.

"Whenever I think of Russia, I picture something like cold Siberia.

I picture, like, real cold stuff," McKinley said.

"I've been blown away by this.

We even went for a swim and it was lovely.

It was just nice and warm.

We've been pleasantly surprised.".

Sochi wasn't so cold during the Olympics, either, with temperatures frequently climbing into the mid-50s Fahrenheit (12-13 degrees Celsius) in the Olympic Park.

The chillier mountains are roughly an hour's drive away.

But in the summer, the snow is replaced by sun, lots of it, as Russia's seaside playground explodes into a scene more akin to Southern California or Miami Beach than Siberia.

"The moment we saw Peru was going to play in Sochi, we wanted to come here," said Peru supporter Luis Medina, one of the thousands of World Cup fans who have come to the city.

"We knew this was going to be the place to be.".

Even the teams based in Sochi were taking full advantage of the region's attractions.

Brazil was feeling right at home, enjoying the warm temperatures and a private beach at the team's hotel in possibly the closest setting to what it had back home before traveling to Russia.

"We are having lunch and breakfast with a view of the sea.

That's a plus for us," goalkeeper Alisson said shortly after Brazil arrived.

The Brazilians fought hard to secure Sochi as their base.

The Austrian federation initially picked the five-star hotel where Brazil is staying, but luckily for the Brazilians, Austria did not end up qualifying for the World Cup.

Germany stayed in Sochi during the Confederations Cup last year, but this time it chose a different location in part because it said it couldn't secure a proper private training field.

After the opening loss to Mexico, some local media questioned whether the decision not to return to Sochi played a part in the team's disappointing performance.

Poland also is based in Sochi.

On a day off, the team visited the city's dolphin park, one of the most famous in the region.

The micro-district of Adler, where the Olympic Park sits and the World Cup matches are played, is a hub of activities catering to tourists of all ages and tastes.

Many gather at the rock-covered beach by Fisht Stadium, which is hosting six World Cup matches, including one in the round of 16 and another in the quarterfinals.

But if sunbathing isn't high on the agenda, there is plenty more to do.

Sochi Park, known as the Russian Disneyland, is walking distance from the stadium.

Based on local fairy tales, it's the country's first modern theme park — and one of the biggest.

It was mostly empty during the Olympics, but four years later it has been popular among World Cup fans.

Officials estimate the tournament has added about 2,000 people a day to the park, which annually receives 1 million visitors.

"It's a shame we can't stay longer and enjoy more of the park because we have to go to the game," Panama supporter Nathalie Nielsen Atencio said.

The park includes a "roller-coaster" restaurant, with orders sliding down to customers on metal tracks.

It's believed to be the only restaurant of its type in Russia, and one of nine in the world.

Also near the park is the Sochi Autodrom, which hosts Formula One races but is open to people wanting guided tours and even a chance — for a price — to drive the circuit.

"There are so many things to do in Sochi," said Alexey Titov, who is in charge of the company that organizes the Russian Grand Prix and operates the track.

"It has developed greatly in the past four years since the Olympics have gone.

You can see it has changed massively.

This place went from a swamp in 2008 to a thriving park with restaurants, food, activities, things to do.".

By the track there's also a go-karting circuit, and the remaining Olympic venues offer indoor sports like tennis, skating and hockey.

Sochi's downtown is some 20 miles (30 kilometers) away from the Olympic park, but activities there also revolve around the waterfront, including a lengthy promenade of storefronts, souvenir stands and water-related activities connecting the heart of the city with the seaport where the Fan Fest is taking place.

Beach clubs playing a mix of pop hits from Europe and the United States are mixed with more family-oriented places to enjoy the sun, like waterparks with slides and splash-pads on the shore of the Black Sea.

The train line connecting Adler and Sochi runs mostly along the shore and is filled with small pockets of land teeming with beachgoers.

All those waterfront activities don't include the resorts of the Krasnaya Polyana mountain cluster 30 miles (50 kilometers) inland, where the alpine events of the Winter Olympics were held.

They offer a summer attraction for those not as interested in the beach.

Martin Fasth was visiting from Sweden for the World Cup and was impressed with all the options.

"We kind of expected something better than Sweden," he said, "but not something this nice.

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