abstract:Federation Island is an artificial island archipelago that will be located off the coast of Sochi in the Black Sea. The archipelago complex was designed by Erick van Egeraat and will contain residences, hotels, cultural, leisure and recreational facilities and will be built in the shape of Russia.
Nonetheless both sides acknowledge that any settlement will have to be based on a very loose federation between the island's Greek and Turkish parts rather than the closer arrangement that the Greeks, who outnumber the Turks by about four to one, preferred.
The Rhode Island affiliate of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees has sued the state in Rhode Island Superior Court, saying the pension changes violated public workers' contract rights.