Michel Platini championed the interests of Eastern European countries. Picture by Elena Rybakova CC-BY-SA-3.0
Russian Football Hooliganism – the Caucasian Divide
By Yan Matusevich -
Keeping politics out of football has been a FIFA slogan for years, a policy the organization strives to promote by showcasing th ...
Alania Vladikavkaz – Russian Football’s Endangered Snow Leopards
By David McArdle -
On Monday 18 November 2013, former Russian champions Alania Vladikavkaz announced that they were unable to finance the team’s for ...
Anzhi – Kremlin PR in the North Caucasus
By David McArdle -
Word association with the North Caucasus and with Dagestan in particular is changing. Instead of “insurgency”, “bombings”, “terro ...
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