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”, “terrorism”, recent investments in Anzhi, Dagestan’s...
View ArticleAlania 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 forthcoming expedition to Russia’s Far East for their...
View ArticleRussian Football Hooliganism – the Caucasian Divide
By Yan Matusevich - Zenit St Petersburg fans burning a Chechen flag in October, 2013. The punishment was a modest fine of $15,000 Keeping politics out of football has been a FIFA slogan for years, a...
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