After shock Russia win, Moscow cleans up huge celebration mess
- 03-Jul-2018
MOSCOW: Moscow city worker Nikolai Bardayev did not celebrate Russia’s shock win against Spain on Sunday that sent scores of Russians to the streets to celebrate. He was too busy cleaning up the mess. After a night of delirium as Russia reached the World Cup quarter-finals, on Monday morning clean-up crews tackled a mountain of […]
Putin welcomes World Cup as Russia win
- 15-Jun-2018
MOSCOW: Russia welcomed the world to the soccer World Cup on Thursday as fans streamed in, the hosts savored a 5-0 victory on the pitch and President Vladimir Putin’s government derided Western efforts to isolate him. The Kremlin leader, greeted by a huge cheer ahead of the hosts’ opening game against Saudi Arabia, spoke of […]