To get there, Sochi has obviously become the biggest construction project in the world, but mostly the product of exploited workers, evicted residents, questionable environmental choices, not to mention corruption galore and an unprecedented takeover by some billionaire oligarchs.
What is most shocking is that the International Olympic Committee seems to turn a blind eye to this reality, leaving this mess and all these abuses take their course. Yes, it must have been Pierre de Coubertin's famous quote: "The important thing is to compete! "
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