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West must boycott FIFA World Cup or face an even more dangerous Putin afterwards
If the West doesn’t recall the 1936 Nazi Olympics when thinking about the FIFA World Cup competition to…
Putin outdoes Potemkin for World Cup
In 1787, Prince Grigory Potemkin erected special villages to impress his lover, Catherine the Great, on her trip…
Russia now at real risk of being stripped of 2018 World Cup, Trump its “last hope”
With yet another sports competition just moved out of Russia (2017 Biathlon World Cup & World Championships) and…
Ukrainian and Belarusian football fans unite ‘for Your Freedom and Ours’
Few events are more likely to divide people along national or ethnic lines than international football matches, and…
Unless Moscow suppresses racism, World Cup can’t be held in Russia, FIFA VP says
Given how much racism there is in Russia and how seldom Moscow seeks to rein it in, holding…