Naturally the idea seemed ridiculous. What do the Russians know about building man-made islands? Why would they automatically put themselves in the red for the Olympics? And who in God's name came up with that name?

Anyway, the idea basically fell out of the public conciousness. And not many people seemed to think it would happen. That is until last week.

On Friday, Japanese firms officially committed to building this thing. And yes, it'll still be built in the shape of Mother Russia. Here are the initial designs.


I wish Russia all the best in building this thing. I just hope our brave Olympic athletes manage to escape from Federation Island before it becomes a secret home base for the bad guys of SPECTRE.