The US media continues its diatribes re. the Sochi old style Soviet/Commie system. Maybe its time they start reflecting on the Soviet/Commies within our own government from the top on down.
I watched the opening ceremony and thought it was great. It was their history from their perspective and only a moron would have expected it to be from ours.
As far as the promotion of communism is concerned, again it was part of their history. Not including it would result in the same people squealing like pigs for exactly the opposite reason.
In the end, the real problem people have is that Russia isn’t politically correct and is actually moving in the right general direction.
Regardless of their economic or governance methods, Russians will always be Russians.
Whatever the governance that has come into control in that territory once known as “the United States of America”, it is still in opposition to the reigning regime of the Russian Federation.
In fact I’ve been to Sochi before in has won these Olympics and it was not near as bad as reported. I don’t think it become worse after billions in development programs.