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Football Emblems from the Post-Soviet Space – ‘a Kollektsiya’
By David McArdle -
Throughout the Soviet Union, art was an effective propaganda tool for the state. Across the spheres of literature, visual art and ...
Spartaki Tskhinvali: Georgia’s football memorial to South Ossetia
By Manu Veth -
“We are not a propaganda tool but simply a football club”, says Akhsar Sanakoev, the transfer director of Spartaki Tskhinvali, who hi ...
Stuart Duff – the Last King of Kazakhstan
By David McArdle -
In February 2012, the Scottish Daily Express announced Stuart Duff as the first Scot “to try Kazakhstan”, a headline which encapsu ...
Gazprom Football Empire – the creation of a global image campaign
By Manuel Veth -
In 2008 Zenit Saint Petersburg became only the second Russian club to win a major European trophy when they beat Glasgow Rangers in ...
Khazar Lankaran – John Toshack Weathering Storm in Azerbaijan
By Alastair Watt -
What lures a Liverpool legend and former Real Madrid head coach to the relative and distant obscurity of the Azerbaijan Premier Le ...
Karpaty Lviv – the Pride of Galicia
By Manuel Veth -
Lviv and its football club Karpaty are a curious case: a city that boasts such a multi-cultural past has become the centre of natio ...
