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Zenit St. Petersburg – The New Tsars of Russia
That Zenit St. Petersburg won their fifth league title with a 1-1 draw with FC Ufa, one of the league's outsiders, was very apt. Currently it is not a ...
The Unusual Career of Boris Rotenberg
By Saul Pope -
Dinamo Moscow's Boris Rotenberg has had an unusual career. Between March 2006 and April 2015, whilst on the books of Zenit St. Petersb ...
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 ...
Kyrgyzstan – the Forgotten Football Federation
By David McArdle -
On Tuesday 15th October, whilst Bosnia and Herzegovina finally unified a nation (albeit briefly) by qualifying for the World Cup, ...
Ukrainian Ultras – Where Two Wings Collide
By Manuel Veth -
Despite the match taking place in the middle of a working day, Karpaty fans could be seen throughout Kiev. On the marshrutka ride t ...
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 ...