Kickbacks, embezzlement: the Winter Olympics Putin-style

Thomas Heenan

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Description

This article explores the corruption and cronyism involved in the bidding process and organisation of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. The article details the Games' orgainising committee's links to Russian organised crime outfits and the suppression of dissenting opinion by the Putin Government.

Period	6 Jan 2014

Media contributions

Title	The New Daily
Degree of recognition	National
Media name/outlet	The New Daily
Media type	Web
Duration/Length/Size	1000 words
Country/Territory	Australia
Date	6/01/14
Description	Among Australia's largest online media concerns
Producer/Author	Tom Heenan
URL	thenewdaily.com.au/news/world/2014/01/06/kickbacks-embezzlement-winter-olympics-putin-style/
Persons	Thomas Heenan

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Keywords

Olympic Games
Sochi
Putin
Corruption
Cronyism