What's interesting about the Olympics example is that the amount is 3 times more than the previous Olympics. And I can assure you that that is not because everything is 3 times more expensive. The majority of this funding ended up in the pockets of corrupt politicians and their business friends, not reinvested in things like infrastructure, providing jobs and uplifting the economy as a whole. This is exactly where the article is spot on and why one of the most important roads in Russia is still an embarrassment of civil engineering.