Russians Hit by Ruble Crisis Drop Swiss Playground for Holidays at Home

Sergey Kyuregyan, a 35-year-old manager of a Moscow energy company, decided to forgo a European ski vacation this winter and travel to the Black Sea instead.

“I wanted to spend my vacation in Russia,” he said, explaining that in the past he’d gone to Switzerland, Austria and Italy. “I decided that I would go skiing in Sochi.”