Russian Winter Olympics Scam

Russian opposition leaders say, that as much as $30bn has been stolen in preparations for next year’s Winter Olympics in Sochi. Boris Nemtsov and Leonid Martynyuk say the games are “a monstrous scam“ and will be the most expensive in history, costing more than $50bn. They reached their conclusions by looking at the gap between the original estimate and the final cost and also comparing it with cost overruns at previous Olympics. Their report says, that the expenses for the Winter Olympics in Sochi turned ou