Winter Olympics Seem a Lifetime Ago as Photographs Reveal £31bn Sochi Ghost Town from the Daily Mail [of the UK]
"Just a few weeks ago it was the centre of the sporting world, home to some 6,000 athletes, buzzing with excitement, the shining showpiece of Vladimir Putin's £31billion Winter Olympics extravaganza. But today the Russian resort of Sochi resembles little more than a ghost town with deserted buildings, empty streets and a few stray dogs basking in the sunshine the only signs of life."
I guess Sochi was a Potempkin "Olympic Village." How appropriate. Given the tens of billions Putin spent on the Olympics, one has to wonder if he got anything like the payoff in legitimacy and prestige he had hoped for? I doubt it.
"Just a few weeks ago it was the centre of the sporting world, home to some 6,000 athletes, buzzing with excitement, the shining showpiece of Vladimir Putin's £31billion Winter Olympics extravaganza. But today the Russian resort of Sochi resembles little more than a ghost town with deserted buildings, empty streets and a few stray dogs basking in the sunshine the only signs of life."
I guess Sochi was a Potempkin "Olympic Village." How appropriate. Given the tens of billions Putin spent on the Olympics, one has to wonder if he got anything like the payoff in legitimacy and prestige he had hoped for? I doubt it.
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