how lovely welcome to venture capital i've come to salty because the fifty one billion dollars price tag has got nearly as much attention as the games themselves so let's just recap on some of those costs for you for the most expensive olympic games in history because it wasn't just solely for sports an entire city was built as you can see just behind me i'm talking entire row it's built from scratch power plants and this is all to be used for decades to come and according to president vladimir putin the price of the sort itself is a much more modest six point five billion so that would be the stadiums the ski slopes in pretty much everything sports say now the big venues have been specifically built to meet the for standards so they can be used again for the

twenty world cup so i've come back i was hit in september to see how the business side of the proceedings has scores. this is where the journey begins the airports of course where all the world leaders the athletes the terrorists make their way for that thought she experience it's all about first impressions that's exactly why four hundred million u.s. dollars was spent getting this air force up to international standards it was russian billionaire i got a pass because company basic elements that forked out the money i am told us have a look as you can see it's pure indulgence and a bit of luxury on the go because some champagne of course as you would expect in the business round you can also have a cheeky massage oil waiting for your plane and i spoke to. i also about the money being spent on the money being. i want to know how the plane's been full to capacity. essentially what we see during the olympic games has increased demand from the business of you sure you know normal working with your future in the

airplane. but they. normally is about sixty and if you can days we have up to one hundred twenty in terms of profit you've made more than you imagined to do so is up about five. now we expect that was to a pretty decent for and then show results of to this because the demand is much higher than we expected to put a number on that. no we haven't counted that's softer than a big games everybody will call it all the positive and negative things. against it but what about off the words how we're going to keep those planes full to the brim of people do you think the government can do more to make things like visas easier so that people are enthused to come here you know we're discussing the russian invasion several initiatives one of them is much easier. in russia and the second one is open there they've been worth more of planes easier for them to fly and also more to cover their flights so that's number one the second one that people normally go somebody when they want to sort of this year we have

a g eight summit in there john it's september eleventh the national search for summit they're going to go before. one hundred forty thousand people have been making their way to salty i will also a three wait for the local cafes the balsa restaurants what means a lot of disposable income and as you can see the crowds have arrived to say they're all talking and well it's a lot more money facility to put it is pockets. of the search you see represents a huge business opportunity for the local economy and it's been completely transformed behind me here you can see the old soviet ports where the last fifty years russians have been coming on holiday but now it has the capacity to facilitate two big cruise liners as you can see just as well as one hundred yards and during the olympic games twenty seven thousand people live to. the hype is that these thousands of visitors. make their way back just in the

future for a holiday taking tourism from three million people a year to six million and in terms of job two that would mean tens of thousands of people with employment and much of those jobs will go to the people what only so infrastructure. there is no doubt that the olympics provide huge publicists say for results such as tsotsi that's why countries compete for years on end to get a hold of the rice there's three billion people watching worldwide that's billions of potential future terrorists of course but the song today is not over positive we've had some rather unsavory pitches of hightower lawsuits or the so i caught up with the regional director of the residue of hotel group mr thomas hug him and asked him about these pitches and the prospects for his hotel. i want to ask you there's been several other unsavory pictures on the internet mainly from journalists we've had toilets at all sorts of hotel rooms unfinished what do you

make of that has that affected your business not directly i mean i've seen plenty of these images and we've talked with our colleagues but it had not really a direct effect to us we disappointed by that you must to look at them and. to be honest i have not seen any of these pictures myself and i've spoken to a lot of journalists who are involved in the olympics and it seems to be a bit of as usual seeing a couple of days before the olympics because all the journalists need to have a story and then they pick something because they have to provide stories yet have your hotel rooms have they been full to capacity have even filling them up we have almost one hundred percent for all of our hotel rooms and we are operating more than two thousand five hundred here so we have been completely full game spirit and we try what can be done to attract people when the games are done and done with maybe advertising campaigns what you intend to do to get people on

a plane. well there are two things one is what the hotels can do and we will do a lot we have a plan for. pics but also what we are missing is a bit more support from the regional government usually if you create a destination like this you have a convention office a convention which a professional destination marketing in this is what we need to we need to market. in russia and in europe and what kind of a person would come on holiday to. the target market. demain target this is people from russia i mean it's a main russian market international market and i believe that people have seen so many things. in the interested and. it will come down i'm very very confident with that so we've heard from the hotel industry there all the basis as to what's going to happen to tsotsi so are the investors they're convinced they're going to get

their money back and to be fair to salty is well the unique and the you do have these snowy mountains full of the ski isn't just over here today it's path eighteen by the coastal cluster and you've got the beach so you've got a bit of everything going on but the question is all the one hundred forty thousand visitors that have made their way here in the last three weeks are they going to come back or let's go and find out. i'll be honest i've been really moved out of the olympic village. the path that i'm on right now against the black sea here is just absolutely beautiful. the weather is fantastic. it's a challenge i would imagine from a winner on the pitch standpoint to have this beautiful weather and have winter olympics here right in our backyard but overall very very nice enjoyed it and i'm here for four more days another show on the other two. spend more time outside because it's going to be great weather and just enjoy what we're doing and what you make of the international press it's been fairly negative do you think that's fair

no i don't i don't i think it's been pretty generalized. and the people that we've met of all been so nice and. it's very welcoming it is yeah press is press i guess do you think so she could be more reasonably priced i do i do but i mean it's the ruble compared to the world currencies what can you do about it would you come back to sochi if there was an anna lympics on for a holiday i would love to see this place in the summer i think to be absolutely spectacular this summer. ok so we've heard from the terrorists themselves but i'm now in the presence of a travel and tourism experts martin i lived in moscow for eight years you've been in sochi for the best part of two weeks of the understand in and around experiencing the city what i see reality of prices here then tell me let's talk about the airport straightaway. because lots of tourists and visitors who come in here sort of the first time we're talking about the fact that the taxi driver is a real take taken advantage of people coming here yes they fight at low which is

the main you know part of the olympic cluster they're charging a thousand rubles a fifteen dollars for what is really just a ten minute journey that's what i was charged actually i must say but the thing is that in london a taxi from heathrow to the center is sixty pounds which is one hundred dollars and of course what taxi is and what business is going to take advantage of the influx of people being here in such a case of questions that people are how do their faulty that hangs it resemble an os well i think the average meal is around sort of six to ten dollars so if you were it all really depends what you're used to of course you know it's i. of course i'm what you're what you're enjoying if you live in expensive cities like london moscow scandinavia japan and then obviously such is going to be cheap i came even on a super high salary how much you going to pay to put yourself up in such obviously it depends on the stars but to me three that. got you got one star to five star yeah and in fact my hotel is fine so even though there's been many reports yes

toilet toilets. you know. college water. the reality is that thomas back the i.o.c. president said that some of the hotels aren't finished but if it's just three percent rice so say three percent there's a ferry to send money in for not only three percent have to be finished but the every hotel every new hotel has teething troubles regarding price well really you can have everything from bed and breakfasts. be here little homestays to five star hotels and resupply. the western chains with the presidential suite so really you're looking at our fridge from around three thousand rubles paid nights which is around eighty ninety dollars will be a little less. up to who are. limited smart. extols in the travel and tourism experts joining me here on venture capital your view on my shot yes thank you so sochi is by no means out the finishing line when it comes to the

budget still a huge money mountain to climb to break a bad law it's going to be a busy year facility because russia is hosting the fortieth g. eight summit. the formula one race is coming up in october and there's a busy summer season as well for the roxy results in between all of that of course the new economic forum to which all the coming back full part of its opportunity to come and see if the policy is still holding steady so is good bye for all such a. trend

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the uncomfortable truth about america's new laws in this show. states voted to close shop the same sex couple so. why are police targeting the gay community would sting operation. and the code of silence in the major leagues a. new white paper on l g b t rights finds mainstream media so i learned about some of the listing and rising number of anti gay attacks in the u.s.

each day new york despite its liberal reputation is being hit on quote a daily basis thirty two year old wall costs and died instantly from being shot in the head a group if he was gay and pulled out a thirty eight caliber revolver two gay men were murdered by a gang on new york streets off to being brutalized wouldn't objects over their sexuality this gay couple need to feel a treatment an eye surgery off to being beaten in broad daylight at the subway stop as the public looks on flood the biggest cities the report finds homophobic attacks are also rising rapidly and they were stomping on my head. and calling me. and queer. and one of them said do you want to die. gerrard folks was repeatedly attacked by dozens of men and women his facelift bleeding and drum ruptured just being

mistaken for being gay can be fatal eighteen year old anthony callao was chased down the streets in new york and beats and this these two men were beaten him while they note is the latest of a string of attacks on the gay friendly up tell new york area police themselves are committing atrocious homophobic attacks in this report johnston against the very people they're supposed to be protecting officers went here to the home of a man hosting a party for l g b t friends seen him moving his surveillance cab so it wouldn't catch what happened next i got a bum rushed bush during a number of my arms and farley's conference and screaming and cursing and screaming all these names right you know right right herb said you know. and things like that attacked and beaten left with concussion and cuts to his face for the crime he says of being gay those who call for pro l.g.b.

to legislation get arrested forty three gay activists protesting for human rights at idaho senate chambers were hauled into custody of us has an almost code of silence freezing out l g b t players sports illustrated writes the openly gay n.b.a. star jason collins now calling find a team precisely because he came out last year top players and coaches told the magazine that openly gay n.f.l. draft hopeful michael sam won't get picked in may purely down to his sexuality i magine if he's the guy next to me jane are get dressed need to take a shower the whole nine and just read she looks at me. how my supposed to respond or thought is look on the scrubs child homophobic slurs in the stands changing the words to seventy's hit what m.c.a. is particular. was

was was there a ball mixing to comedian jay leno he has no patience for anti gay behavior i have no patience for countries that. try to treat gays or lesbians or transgendered persons and in ways that intimidate them the study finds its policies show nothing about patients the bomber iterated america's quote firm commitment to rabea after it's extended and sealed g.b.t. laws that already include the death penalty closest u.s. allies in the gulf from buffering to the emirates and qatar have joined to develop a medical test that supposedly identifies a gay person just by looking at him western tourists have already been jailed simply for admitting they are gay obama's approval of such policies is hardly

surprising when truthdig anti gay laws themselves in the states are becoming increasingly intolerant. this is the rights of gays lesbians bisexuals and transgender people in most states are deteriorating cities counties and states across the u.s. have bald advocacy of homosexuality promoting a homosexual lifestyle laws state homosexuality is not a lifestyle acceptable to the general public in school students only receive instruction regarding homosexuality in the context of fictionally transmitted disease this. homosexuality happened to nature but showed a speciality that does not make it right or something we should be teaching in school on the bills just passed in states health of representatives things thinks couples can be refused service in shops hotels theaters and restaurants state officials can legally refuse to deal with gay citizens anywhere from libraries to

police stations and hospitals representatives voted to allow businesses to lawfully deny any services to gays the officials can also turn down l.g.b. t.v. and state institutions such as police and hospital. if it's against their beliefs. it's not just republican states like kansas clumping down on l.g.b. t. couples reports they make as the polls say oregon will also pass the same restrictions on shops serving gays when it votes in november gay americans are actually being rounded up and arrested just only accounts of the sexual status slate reports undercover police officers are performing sting operations against the gay community with a proposition in blue the internet apartment then promptly arrest them and bring them to jail presumably miscarriage is the leading bright scholar at yale law school thank you for joining us is this really still happening in the southern

cities of the united states those cities that are still discriminating aggressively against gay people and in other states in the north the midwest and the west coast so this idea of entrapping gay people through undercover police officers is highly objectionable it still occurs pulitzer prize winning correspondent chris hedges is antigay sentences on just trancing progressives across the states they now compete out each other on the most extreme a winning dick cheney's daughter liz believes only in quote traditional marriage despite the fact that mary is gay i also don't support amending the constitution on this issue i do believe in the traditional definition of marriage but politico knows voters deserted her forcing her out of the senate race when she backed at least some same sex rights she appears on

a mission be she to get against the marriage and to point government benefits for gay. people who are resting the gaze of salt she of the foreign journalists admits julio feet of the new republic members of russia's gay community told her this week of foreign journalists lining up in cables and. across the country trying to find a problem any problem the two countries standing by for the most journalists they know it all remember britain the british broadcasting corporation has been to thought she's gay club my og at least four times trying to dig up some. leading russian gay activists nicolelis there says he's still even giving interviews to western mainstream media such as the hypocrisy for ignoring their own for worst problems while making up lies about russian school oberoi and highest order the first professional translation into english of russian legislation relating to l g b t communities noting till now every us hike has repeated the standard lines and

fake translations doing the rounds not a single one has ever pulled the to do his job and check facts he found the reality of russian and us laws slightly different the state departments and n.g.o.s to look for evidence of russian workplace discrimination only to report but it doesn't have the problems found in the us including the right to follow workers just for being gay ten gay will fly six truman don't they love in russia they can in the united states it's illegal day six has been legal in russia since ninety three well washington followed suit years later many states continue to enforce local so the beatles. play should undercover police pretend to be gay men creasing physics can t. mean it should game and can lead to fifteen years pretty soon to be abominable and detestable crime against nature little gay couples called having consensual sex can

be closed six offenders reports the sense of the constitutional rights they must carry this idea of all times with the word sex offender in large orange letters and show it to everyone from neighbors to landlords schools and employers even paul. if you gave gay propaganda to a minor in the us you'd be registered as a sex offender and your life would be over in russia it's a sixty one dollar fine living activist such as on the right time to shift now the situation is actually improving destroyed mainstream claims and fabricated videos the russian government recently joined the un human rights council there to rishon to intensify protection of l.g.b. to citizens in the last three years the state department back service sense of reports that have been a team and to gay hate crimes in the us over four thousand has more than three every day the truth is that an individual is far more likely to be the victim of an

anti l g b t hate crime in the united states than in the russian federation. droids in new york is great speak to what's going on here you don't see the mainstream media the corporate media talking about the discriminatory practices and laws that are being put in place in states like utah which are literally attempting to prevent openly gay couples from renting homes and buying homes and opening businesses these are openly discriminatory policies all are more severe and far more reactionary and far more devious two thousand and two winter games were held in utah a state where the city we can own state couples can still be rounded up under so-called bagga flag operations paul joseph was an editor at info wars it's really great to see how the laws compare in utah well by the same standard that the us shouldn't call today its own olympics in salt lake city in two thousand and two

when you tell because utah has more draconian anti-gay rights so the stench of hypocrisy is overwhelming book yes study by rise scholar brian high sauced why is this epidemic of and t l g p t hate crime throughout the united. states not being showcased by the media while many think about mainstream media i like to label it not so much as a stream but as a putrid swamp because the mainstream media has lost all its credibility through were repeated lying about major race use or hate crime no matter where it takes place should be condemned. the simple question is why is the media lawyer about other countries when there is a quote epidemic in the states ignored by the must media and being expended by us politicians seek truth from facts this is the truth.

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but they stop news and the round up all the week's headlines here on our team it's a big day for the big games as saw twenty fourteen braces for the closing ceremony there's no doubt who's won the medals table with russia taking the podium in the men's cross-country and we'll be bringing you all the highlights in just a minute. sorts then transformed that. leads to the worst political crisis ukraine has seen the opposition say. parliament and moves the prize them calls also. fingerprints all over the current chaos and it appears that putin is study fleeing ukraine and so russian writer takes sons.