West unfair on Sochi security

As the 2014 winter Olympics, which are scheduled to be held in Sochi, Russia, from Feb 6 to 23, draw near, super strict security measures are being implemented to ensure the Games are safe.

The enormous efforts and resources being used to secure the Games have aroused some doubts in the Western media, which claim they might dim the Olympic spirit. There have even been calls to boycott the Sochi Olympics.

Such comments seriously underestimate the necessity of the strict security measures. Since October, there have been a series of suicide attacks in Volgograd, Russia, and Russia's most wanted man Chechen rebel leader Doku Umarov has called for attacks on the Games.