
05-15-2016, 06:14 AM
|
Sage
|
Join Date: Jul 2007
Posts: 52,201
Thanks: 11,675
Thanked 4,107 Times in 2,489 Posts
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by ColdNoMore
Actually, it really didn't go 'OK.'
While there weren't any major security issues, the false-fronted stores, dog patrols with orders to 'kill on sight' any strays and unfinished hotels and venues quickly became a PR disaster for Putin.
LOL live-tweets from reporters on the disaster greeting them in Sochi
Depending on ones perspective, I suppose you could say they at least attempted to 'bring athletes closer.'

|
Sochi Olympics postscript: The whole thing was a fake - Yahoo Sports
Well I will have to do more digging on Sochi with the rest of us.
|