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Anzhi Makhachkala – An Oddity in a Special Environment
It has been such a busy week for Russian football, with Zenit Saint Petersburg and CSKA Moscow involved in the Champions League group stage, and Krasn ...
KF Skënderbeu Korça – Lokomotiv’s Albanian Challenge
Russia’s Sport-Express reported on Monday that the KF Skënderbeu Korça players were promised €100,000 by the club’s president Ardian Takaj for a posit ...
The Tyumen Football Connection – A Case Study of Lower League Careers in Russia
By Andrew Flint -
In the wake of CSKA Moscow's stunning 6-goal second half comeback against Mordovia Saransk, not to mention the Financial Fair Play ...
Dnipro vs Metalist Kharkiv – The Most Storied Ukrainian Derby
By Vadim Furmanov -
The best-known football rivalry in Ukraine is, without a doubt, the one between Dynamo Kyiv and Shakhtar Donetsk. The two clubs h ...
Racism in Russian Football – Commentary on the BBC World Football Podcast
By Saul Pope -
For anyone who hasn't heard BBC World Football's recent podcast item on racism in Russian football, I'll start with quick summary. For ...
Discussion – The Pros and Cons of the 6+5 Rule in the Russian Premier League
By Saul Pope, and Manuel Veth -
The introduction of the so-called 6+5 rule in the Russian Premier League has been widely discussed in recent months. ...
