The Olympics have always been a way for the world to come together for a couple of weeks, and countries cheer on their athletes to victory. The official Olympics have been around since 1896, but the Greek Olympics started around 776 BC.

The Olympics continue to be put on a bigger each time they come around, and with that, there are only certain countries that should be eligible to host the famed sporting event. The Winter Olympics are limited mainly to countries in the northern hemisphere, which is why Sochi was an interesting location for the winter games. Sochi is on the far Southwestern side of Russia, near the Black Sea.

A large majority of the Olympic budget was to make snow so that there would be enough for the outdoor events. Russia has plenty of snow, and plenty of places to hold the Olympics, so why a town that is a long hop skip and a jump from Africa?

There were also many problems reported about the Olympics in Sochi, including unfinished rooms, security threats, and unsafe conditions. CNN reported that they booked 11 rooms but when they arrived only 1 was ready. On top of this, one CNN reporter said that his room had no hot water, no Internet and had only a single bed. Another reporter said that he was awoken late in the night around 4am by the sound of his door opening, where he saw the door open someone walk in, turn around and walk out.

Sochi is also near many terroristic threats. The Olympics already have a mark on them, after all, all of the major countries are there, and it’s an international stage to carry out an attack. Russia has recently had problems with terrorist attacks, including two suicide bombings within the past two months. The threats got so severe that athletes from the United States were warned to not wear patriotic gear outside the Olympic village.

Dog lovers were shocked when they heard that Russia had ordered all the stray dogs killed, which caused an uproar from many people. Sochi has a large problem with stray animals, and killing them seemed to make the most sense to the Russian officials. Stay Classy, Russia.

Other Sochi problems include the water, where people were told, “not to wash their face with the water because there’s stuff in it.” Privacy is also something that seems to be lacking in the Olympic village, where there are no shower curtains in some cases, and no doors on toilets. Perhaps the most disturbing thing to come out of Russia during the Olympics so far was when Dimitry Kozak the deputy Prime Minister slipped up and admitted that Russia spies on the showers.

All of these invasions of privacy, lack of preparation, questionable conditions and confusing laws seem to sum up the Olympics in Russia as they were expected.