Book Review - Putin's Olympics: The Sochi Games and the Evolution of Twenty-First Century Russia [Kitap Değerlendirmesi - Putin'in Olimpiyatları: Soçi Oyunları ve Yirmibirinci Yüzyıl Rusyası'nın Evrimi]

Abstract

Robert W. Orttung ve Sufian N. Zhemukhov’un Putin'in Olimpiyatları: Soçi Oyunları ve Yirmibirinci Yüzyıl Rusyası'nın Evrimi kitabının değerlendirmesi

Keywords

• Sochi Olympics,Russia,mega-projects,corruption,surveillance

Book Review - Putin's Olympics: The Sochi Games and the Evolution of Twenty-First Century Russia

Abstract

Robert W. Orttung and Sufian N. Zhemukhov’s book Putin's Olympics: The Sochi Games and the Evolution of Twenty-First Century Russia presents a concise yet dense overview of how the games designed to symbolize Russia’s return to great power status have ultimately failed to do so due to large-scale corruption, subsequent aggression against Ukraine, and the doping scandal that have become the true legacies of the games. Their analysis of Kremlin’s mega-project strikes a good balance between looking in detail at the different aspects of Sochi Olympics (political economy, civil society, security) and weaving them together into a comprehensive, coherent narrative. 

Keywords

• Sochi Olympics,Russia,mega-projects,corruption,surveillance

References

1. Orttung, Robert W., and Sufian N. Zhemukhov. Putin's Olympics: The Sochi Games and the Evolution of Twenty-first Century Russia. Vol. 109. Taylor & Francis, 2017.