The city of Sochi is Russia's "Riviera", a traditional summer resort for wealthy Russians. It was he who was chosen to host the 2014 Winter Olympics by the International Olympic Committee. It was a strange choice. When the IOC made the decision, there was not a single place in Sochi suitable for Olympic purposes of any kind. A dubious event was the large-scale construction of an artificial “winter” in a subtropical climate. The closer the Winter Olympics, the greater the depth of contradictions and questions to the Russian authorities.