Olimpstroy: Building the Sochi Olympics from Scratch

Autor(en): Robert W. Orttung
Herausgeber: Stephen Aris, Matthias Neumann, Robert Orttung, Jeronim Perovic, Heiko Pleines, Hans-Henning Schröder, Aglaya Snetkov
Serie: Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)
Ausgabe: 143
Seiten: 3-7
Verlag(e): 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
Publikationsjahr: 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 countrys current political and economic system.

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