The Sochi Olympic games start on Friday. It is estimated that around 30% of the $50 billion spent so far was siphoned off via corruption... its the Russian Way. Not everything seems to be ready. Sochi? Well, three of the nine mountain hotels have not been completed, and the IOC estimate that 97 per cent of the rooms are ready appears to ignore the little things. Almost every room is missing something: lightbulbs, TVs, lamps, chairs, curtains, wifi, heat, hot water. Shower curtains are a valuable piece of the future black market here. (One American photographer was simply told, “You will not get a shower curtain.”) That last quote is from here: canada/olympics/sochi-guide/sochi-facilities-still-a-work-in-progress
Posted on: Thu, 06 Feb 2014 03:35:01 +0000
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