Putin's Olympics the Sochi games and the evolution of twenty-first century Russia /

Main Author: Orttung, Robert W.
Format: Book
Language: English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2017.
Physical Description: xiii, 135 pages ; 23 cm.
Series: BASEES/Routledge series on Russian and East European studies ; 109.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: How Putin's political system led to Olympic corruption, military adventurism, and state-sponsored doping
  • The 2014 Sochi Olympic maga-project and Russia's political economy
  • Political and civil society and the Sochi games
  • Security: fighting terrorism and strengthening the military
  • International issues: Circassians, the former Soviet countries, and the West
  • The legacy of the Sochi Olympics.