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This chapter focuses on the influence of the emerging mega-events law on legal systems of Eurasian host countries and the impact of their legislation on the evolving practices of organizing such events. Based on the examples of the UEFA Euro 2012 co-hosted by Ukraine, the 2014 World Hockey Championship in Minsk, the 2014 Sochi Olympics, and the 2018 World Cup in Russia, the author explores how host countries responded to the expectations of the international sports organizations regarding the legal and tax framework for sports mega events. More specifically, the chapter explains how post-Soviet hosts adapted to the standards of these organizations and discusses whether the legislative reaction of host governments results in shifting borderlines of inclusion and exclusion in terms of law, tax policy and administration for sports mega events.
The publication is part of a project funded by the National Science Centre, Poland, on the basis of the decision No. DEC-2012/07/D/HS5/00662.
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Tetłak, K. (2016). Fiscal Framework for Mega-Events in Post-Soviet Eurasia: Shifting the Borderline or Raising the Bar?. In: Makarychev, A., Yatsyk, A. (eds) Mega Events in Post-Soviet Eurasia. Mega Event Planning. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-49095-7_8
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