Russia exploits migrant workers at Olympic venue - rights group


MOSCOW (Reuters) - Migrant workers helping Russia prepare for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi are being cheated out of wages and denied adequate rest, food and housing, a human rights group said on Wednesday.

A senior Russian official said the accusations by New York-based Human Rights Watch were exaggerated and that the government was monitoring workers' rights closely.

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