When it came to hosting such a high profile event, there was no doubt that Russian security were going to be all over it. We were told before we got here that everyone’s correspondence would monitored – but we didn’t realise how extensively. Let’s just saw on two separate occasions I’ve heard of calls being tapped. One person was having a conversation with a friend in Sochi about certain touchy security subjects. The call was immediately cut off. And not reconnected for a long time. You can take Russia out of the USSR…
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