From WSJ, Russian officials are pushing back against the media’s #FlawlessOlympics coverage, and well ... (emphasis added):
Russia is spying on the showers in Sochi’s hotels
If you’re going to try to convince journalists to stop complaining about Olympic hotels, don’t admit to watching them in the shower.
Richard Heathcote
Dmitry Kozak, the deputy prime minister responsible for the Olympic preparations, reflected the view held among many Russian officials that some Western visitors are deliberately trying to sabotage Sochi’s big debut out of bias against Russia. “We have surveillance video from the hotels that shows people turn on the shower, direct the nozzle at the wall and then leave the room for the whole day,” he said. An aide then pulled a reporter away before Mr. Kozak could be questioned further on surveillance in hotel rooms. “We’re doing a tour of the media center,” the aide said.
Wait ... wait a second. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Aw, man.
Kozak also said, “We’ve put 100,000 guests in rooms and only gotten 103 registered complaints and every one of those is being taken care of,” but declined to comment on the exponential growth of @SochiProblems follower count.
(via @tomgara)
