Sunday, January 26, 2014

Putin’s Run for Gold - Vanity Fair

www.vanityfair.com/culture/2014/02/sochi-olympics-russia-corruption


At $50 billion and counting, the 2014 Winter Olympics, in Sochi, will be the most expensive Olympic Games ever. Intended to showcase the power of Vladimir Putin’s Russia, they may instead highlight its problems: organized crime, state corruption, and the terrorist threat within its borders