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Russians dread end of World Cup cheer
Monday, July 16, 2018
Ustian is delighted with all the World Cup stadiums Putin built and the fans will inherit. He is distraught that foreigners are being sold a false reality of what Russia is.
“Will we still have smiling policemen after the World Cup?” Ustian wondered.
“Let's ask ourselves why Russia cannot always be like it is during the World Cup. Let's use this opportunity to take a look at ourselves.”
Russia's last attempt to improve its global standing through sport involved pouring US$50 billion into the 2014 Winter Olympics in the Black Sea resort of Sochi.
Yet, any benefit Russia had gained was all but forgotten by the time its troops invaded and then annexed Ukraine's Crimea peninsula the next month.
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/sport...4?profile=1511
Russians dread end of World Cup cheer
Monday, July 16, 2018
Ustian is delighted with all the World Cup stadiums Putin built and the fans will inherit. He is distraught that foreigners are being sold a false reality of what Russia is.
“Will we still have smiling policemen after the World Cup?” Ustian wondered.
“Let's ask ourselves why Russia cannot always be like it is during the World Cup. Let's use this opportunity to take a look at ourselves.”
Russia's last attempt to improve its global standing through sport involved pouring US$50 billion into the 2014 Winter Olympics in the Black Sea resort of Sochi.
Yet, any benefit Russia had gained was all but forgotten by the time its troops invaded and then annexed Ukraine's Crimea peninsula the next month.
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/sport...4?profile=1511
Paul Marin -19 is one thing, 20 is a whole other matter. It gets even worse if they win the UCL. *groan*. 
05/18/2011.MU fans naah cough, but all a unuh a vomit?-Lazie 1/11/2015