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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 ...
New Unified League – Back to the Soviet Union?
By Manuel Veth -
In the last couple of months the spectre of a new football league has haunted Europe: a new Unified League that would bring together ...
Eduard Streltsov – The Russian Pele
By Alastair Watt -
Outside the former Soviet Union, the name Eduard Streltsov means little to anyone other than scholars of the beautiful game. Few h ...
Michel Platini in Kyrgyzstan
By Chris Rickleton -
It was a cool autumn night, and Michel Platini was in town. Yes, that’s right, the only man to have won the Ballon d’or three ti ...
