NEWSLINK: The Russian National Hobby – to Build Potemkin Village
[“The Russian National Hobby-to Build Potemkin Village” – Carnegie Moscow Center – Lilia Shevtsova – February 11, 2014 – http://carnegie.ru/eurasiaoutlook/?fa=54483]
Lilia Shevtsova comments on the public relations impact of the Sochi Olympics, and some of the challenges facing Russia:
… the opening ceremony was indeed a fairy tale — an artists’ myth of Russia that does not exist. …
… the opening ceremony was indeed a fairy tale — an artists’ myth of Russia that does not exist. …The real Russia is quite another animal … first in the world when it comes to:
- depopulation
- abandoned and orphaned children
- mentally ill and cancer patients
- human trafficking
- heroine consumption
- road accidents
- tobacco consumption
- pedophiles
- child alcoholism
At the same time, Russia is also first when it comes to generals, billionaires, direct individual investment in foreign countries, as well as whiskey imports. …
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