Putin's Olympics: The Sochi Games and the Evolution of Twenty-First Century Russia
Author:   Robert W. Orttung (The George Washington University, USA) ,  Sufian Zhemukhov (The George Washington University, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:  

9780367185985


Pages:   136
Publication Date:   03 January 2019
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Robert W. Orttung (The George Washington University, USA) ,  Sufian Zhemukhov (The George Washington University, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.544kg
ISBN:  

9780367185985


ISBN 10:   0367185989
Pages:   136
Publication Date:   03 January 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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1. Introduction: How Putin’s Political System Led to Olympic Corruption, Military Adventurism and State-Sponsored Doping 2. The 2014 Sochi Olympic Mega-Project and Russia’s Political Economy 3. Political and Civil Society and the Sochi Olympics 4. Security: Fighting Terrorism and Strengthening the Military 5. International Issues: Circassians, the Former Soviet Countries, and the West 6. The Legacy of the Sochi Olympics

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Putin's Olympics rightly and repeatedly reminds us that in the process of creating the Sochi experience, Putin, like his autocratic and authoritarian predecessors, broke a lot of eggs in order to make this cake. Catherine A. Schuler, University of Maryland


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Robert W. Orttung is the Research Director of the Sustainability Collaborative and Associate Research Professor of International Affairs at The George Washington University, USA. Sufian N. Zhemukhov is a Senior Research Associate at The George Washington University and Lecturer at The University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA. .

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