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Putin’s Run for Gold
Study Details
- Authors
- Brett Forrest
- Published
- 02/2014
- Citation
- Forrest, Brett. 2014. Putin’s run for gold. Vanity Fair 642 (February): 60-67.
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.