Russia’s officials blow the trumpets that much has been done for the region and the city itself. Sometimes Sochi is called the city of concrete and glass because a great number of buildings have been erected: Fisht Olympic Stadium alone cost $1 bn. But will foreigners face the people’s problems until they get out their cars?
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‘I wanted to show you the views which would differ from those from windows of a car or hotel. There is a striking contrast between these districts and the Olympic places within some hundred metres of them, eg Fisht stadium where the open ceremony took place,’ Belsat TV journalist Siarhei Padsasonny reports.