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Originally Posted by Phaneufenstein
It's a dodge because you didn't answer my initial question in post 628.
The part in bold specifically.
If you're not comfortable stating the reasons of your xenophobia and disdain towards everything Russia before this law came out, it's OK. You really don't have to. I don't want to derail this thread much further, I just wanted to clarify why it was a dodge on your part.
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Just cuz you are calling out posts. The answer to your question was clearly laid out in post 632. You even quoted the post in your reply.
Valo said that this isn't a new discussion. Media, reddit, etc have all been discussing this new law and Russia's human rights issues for a long time. I've had a few different discussions about this and other reports about the corruption in other areas connected to Russia hosting the Olympics. They are so far over budget that they have overshadowed every previous Olympics to date and spending 25% more than China.
The working conditions are apparently pretty horrible and the workers are not only being given very low wages but they are
not even being paid ontime. They are using vast amounts of untrained migrant labour which poses its own potential problems with regard to the quality of their work.
Apparently there was even some controversy over picking Sochi as the host city as it is not actually a very good location for the winter olympics, which is absurd considering how much winter Russia gets. However, with the reputation everyone seems to share about Russian winters, I am sure it will be more than cold enough.
What's interesting, and is somewhat connected to my last post, is that Russia is also hosting the G20 summit this week. The
Human Rights Watch put out an article about it. It will be interesting to hear if anything related to this topic comes out of the summit.