Send them away – the Olympic banishment of prostitutes

Last month, Putin erected a “security ring of steel” around Sochi, host city of a heavily-policed Olympics. Leandra Bias believes the scenario reminds us of the Games in 1980, when prostitutes and other suspect-characters were sent away from Moscow. English is not the only language that uses understatement. “Girls of a joyful behaviour” is what prostitutes … Continue reading →