Russian Olympic official proud of doorknobs on doors, cameras in showers

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Russian Olympic official proud of doorknobs on doors, cameras in showers
By Tom Boggioni
Thursday, February 6, 2014 15:47 EST

Responding to complaints from the assembled international media about hotel room doors without doorknobs or locks, lack of heat, and dysfunctional toilets at the Sochi Olympics, a senior Russian official inadvertently revealed the existence of “surveilance video” taken in bathrooms.

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak, who is responsible for the Olympic preparations at the Sochi games, told a reporter, “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.”

Before Kozak could be questioned further regarding surveillance cameras in the hotel rooms, the reporter was hustled away by a Kozak aide for a tour of the media center.

Later on Thursday a spokesperson for Kozak said there is absolutely no surveillance in hotel rooms or bathrooms occupied by guests and that Mr Kozak was likely speaking of video taken during the construction and cleaning of Sochi’s venues and hotels. Speaking for the company that built a number of the hotels, a senior official stated that there are no surveillance devices in rooms occupied by guests.