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Eurasian Geography and Economics Volume 55, 2014 - Issue 6: Discursive and Material Practices of Space and Modernization in Russia
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After Sochi 2014: costs and impacts of Russia’s Olympic Games

Martin MüllerDepartment of Geography, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstr. 190, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland;School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, BirminghamB15 2TT, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 628-655 | Received 25 Feb 2015, Accepted 09 Apr 2015, Published online: 26 May 2015

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