In society Why am I against the Olympics February 7, 2014 Julia Latynina The Foundation for the fight against corruption of Alexei Navalny published an impressive study on how much the Olympics in Sochi cost and how much it was stolen on it. It costs 1.5 trillion rubles, of which only 3.5% are really private investments, and this is more expensive even by the summer Olympiad in Beijing. “This project is not against the Olympics,” writes Alexei Navalny.

Preparation for games in Sochi ended, a few hours remain before the opening of the Olympics. It's time to try to comprehend what a grandiose construction stretching for years has become for the country, what influence it will have on the economy and what lessons should be learned from all that happened in the south of Russia. The author is far from the desire to spoil the participants and fans of the Olympiad's joy from victories and sports achievements.

Well, this monstrous idea began. Yes, yes, it has already begun. The opening ceremony of the Olympics has not yet taken place, and the competition is already going on. Let the preliminary, but those where, in the end, Russia has great chances of medals, up to gold. I am a fan with lifelong experience. And for the fan Olympics or the World Cup in his native country, this is what he can only dream of. And so I just wanted to cheer on our guys in these two and a half weeks.

In society Beating records February 7, 2014 Vladimir Nadein So the most crazy week of the country dumbfounded with happiness has ended. A gloomy, drinking, hinging nasty smoke, the largest state territory of the planet committed relief with a protracted torch hysteria. The hysteria was conceived as a mandatory folk jealousy. At the secret defense plant, many thousands of expensive pieces of iron are made by their purpose.