Center for Security Studies

Olimpstroy: Building the Sochi Olympics from Scratch

Olimpstroy: Building the Sochi Olympics from Scratch

Author(s): Robert W. Orttung
Editor(s): Stephen Aris, Matthias Neumann, Robert Orttung, Jeronim Perovic, Heiko Pleines, Hans-Henning Schröder, Aglaya Snetkov
Series: Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)
Issue: 143
Pages: 3-7
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich; Research Centre for East European Studies, University of Bremen; Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, George Washington University
Publication Year: 2014

The Sochi Olympics will cost Russia more than $50 billion. With the state corporation Olimpstroy running the show, the games provide a useful case study of how well-connected elite insiders benefit from the country’s current political and economic system.

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