{"page":"\u003clink rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https://lessonplanet.com/assets/packs/css/resources-572d6a42.css\" /\u003e\n\u003clink rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https://lessonplanet.com/assets/packs/css/lp_boclips_stylesheets-f4d0de30.css\" media=\"all\" /\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-title='Navalny launches website on suspected corruption at Sochi Olympics; Olympic village mayor reax' data-url='/boclips/videos/5c54c42dd8eafeecae166ca0' data-video-url='/boclips/videos/5c54c42dd8eafeecae166ca0' id='bo_player_modal'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='boclips-resource-page modal-dialog panel-container'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='react-notifications-root'\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-header'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-type'\u003e\n\u003ci aria-hidden='true' class='fai fa-regular fa-circle-play'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\nVideo\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003ch1 class='rp-title' id='video-title'\u003e\nNavalny launches website on suspected corruption at Sochi Olympics; Olympic village mayor reax\n\u003c/h1\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-actions'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='mr-1'\u003e\n\u003ca class=\"btn btn-success\" data-posthog-event=\"Signup: LP Signup Activity\" data-posthog-location=\"body_link_boclips\" data-remote=\"true\" href=\"/subscription/new\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGet Free Access\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e for 10 Days\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e!\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-body'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-info'\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-label='Hide resource details' class='rp-hide-info' role='button' tabindex='0'\u003e\u0026times;\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003ci aria-label='Expand resource details' class='rp-expand-info fai fa-solid fa-up-right-and-down-left-from-center' role='button' tabindex='0'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\n\u003ci aria-label='Compress resource details' class='rp-compress-info fai fa-solid fa-down-left-and-up-right-to-center' role='button' tabindex='0'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-rating'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='resource-pool'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='pool-label'\u003ePublisher:\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='pool-name'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='text'\u003e\u003ca data-publisher-id=\"30356011\" href=\"/search?publisher_ids%5B%5D=30356011\"\u003eCurated Video\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-description'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='short-description'\u003eRussia's anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny launched an interactive website on Monday that paints a vivid picture of suspected cost overruns and conflicts of interest at the Sochi Winter Olympics.  Russia has spent about 51 billion...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eRussia's anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny launched an interactive website on Monday that paints a vivid picture of suspected cost overruns and conflicts of interest at the Sochi Winter Olympics.  \u003cbr/\u003eRussia has spent about 51 billion US dollars to deliver the Olympics in Sochi, which run February 7-23, making them the most expensive Olympics ever, even though winter games have many fewer athletes competing than summer games do.\u003cbr/\u003eNavalny claims that Russia spent twice as much as necessary to build at least 10 of the Olympic venues - including the Bolshoi Ice Palace, the Fisht Stadium for the opening and closing ceremonies and the speed-skating arena.\u003cbr/\u003eNavalny's new website - Sochi.FBK.info - combines data gathered during his own investigations along with media reports and other activists' analysis.\u003cbr/\u003eUsing colourful graphics, the website makes a wide range of data accessible in English and Russian.\u003cbr/\u003e\"We have an overall amount of how much the Olympics cost at least. It's 1.5 trillion rubles (about 43 billion US dollars). Analysing some objects, which we were able to compare (with construction costs in other cities and countries), we determined the corruption component which we estimate to be at 32 - 34%,\" said Navalny.\u003cbr/\u003eNavalny does not seem to provide solid evidence of how money was stolen during the many Sochi construction projects. \u003cbr/\u003eThis has proven extremely difficult to do because the games were not covered by Russian laws on tenders and procurement, making officials unaccountable for the money spent.\u003cbr/\u003eNavalny's new website lists several Sochi construction projects with evident conflicts of interest. \u003cbr/\u003eIn one of the most glaring examples, the Ice Cube curling stadium was built by a company controlled by businessman Alexander Svishchev, the father of Dmitry Svishchev, president of the Russian curling federation, the website said, citing public records.\u003cbr/\u003eOne of the key beneficiaries of lucrative Olympic contracts was Putin's childhood friend Arkady Rotenberg. \u003cbr/\u003eThrough a majority-owned subsidiary, Rotenberg holds nearly 39 percent of the Mostotrest company, which amassed a dozen Olympics-related state contracts to build nearly all of the highways in the area.\u003cbr/\u003eMostotrest's contracts in Sochi amounted to 3.1 billion US dollars, including a 1.6 billion US dollar bypass for Sochi, as well as tunnels, bridges and railroads, the company confirmed to the Associated Press.\u003cbr/\u003ePresident Vladimir Putin has rejected claims about rampant corruption in Sochi, saying the inflated prices were due to the honest mistakes of investors who underestimated the costs.\u003cbr/\u003eSvetlana Zhurova, Mayor of the Sochi Olympic Village and former Olympic champion in speed skating said if there was any corruption, it will not be revealed until after the Olympic games is over. \u003cbr/\u003e\"It's quite rare when a city which hosts the Olympic games does it (reveal corruption) before,\" said Zhurova.\u003cbr/\u003eSochi residents were not surprised to hear allegations of official corruption. \u003cbr/\u003e\"I'm sure that more than a half (of the money) has been stolen. That's our country,\"  said Denis Ivannik.\u003cbr/\u003eThe Sochi Organising Committee would not comment Monday on Navalny's new website.\u003cbr/\u003eMoscow, Russia - 27 January 2014\u003cbr/\u003e1. Wide of anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny entering the office and walking to his colleague \u003cbr/\u003e2. Mid of Navalny talking to a colleague and looking at a computer  \u003cbr/\u003e3. Close up of screen showing map of Sochi region on Navalny's website\u003cbr/\u003e4. Close up of screen showing photos of businessman Arkady Rotenberg, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Russian Railways CEO Vladimir Yakunin, Krasnodar Governor Alexander Tkachyov and other oligarchs\u003cbr/\u003e5. SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Alexei Navalny, and businessman Vladimir Potanin\u003cbr/\u003e\"We have an overall amount of how much the Olympics cost at least. It's 1.5 trillion rubles (about 43 billion US dollars). Analysing some objects, which we were able to compare (with construction costs in other cities and countries), we determined the corruption component which we estimate to be at 32 - 34%.\" \u003cbr/\u003e6. Mid of Navalny talking\u003cbr/\u003e7. SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Alexei Navalny, anti-corruption activist:\u003cbr/\u003e\"The biggest construction contractor is Arkady Rotenberg, who is - surprise!... Vladimir Putin's friend and is considered to be his informal \"wallet\". And we saw here the same people who are Vladimir Putin's friends and who traditionally win such big tenders - it's Gennady Timchenko and the others.\" \u003cbr/\u003e8. Mid of man at computer\u003cbr/\u003e9. Close up of Navalny's website\u003cbr/\u003e10. Wide of news conference by Mayor of the Sochi Olympic Village and former Olympic champion in speed skating, Svetlana Zhurova \u003cbr/\u003e11. Wide of journalists at the news conference\u003cbr/\u003e12. SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Svetlana Zhurova, Mayor of the Sochi Olympic Village and former Olympic champion in speed skating:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Usually, all corruption scandals are revealed after the Olympic Games. It's quite rare when a city which hosts the Olympic games does it before. Maybe if there will be obvious corruption, proven corruption - not just someone talking about it - then it really will be like this (meaning that authorities will admit this fact).\"\u003cbr/\u003e13. Mid of cameramen\u003cbr/\u003eSochi, Russia - 27 January 2014\u003cbr/\u003e14. Various of people taking photos with Olympic Games mascots\u003cbr/\u003e15. SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Denis Ivannik, Sochi resident, computer designer:\u003cbr/\u003e\"I'm sure that more than a half (of the money) has been stolen. That's our country. Like a writer said - if I wake up in a hundred years and ask what is happening in Russia, I will get the answer - drinking and stealing. Anyway, I'm sure this money would have been stolen even without the Olympics.\" \u003cbr/\u003e16. Wide of people walking\u003cbr/\u003e19. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Sergey Koloshin, Sochi resident:\u003cbr/\u003e\"(Corruption) is quite possible. Every person wants to receive a profit from everything. It's Russia. (Why?) Just because it's Russia.\" \u003cbr/\u003e20. 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