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Soccer-Russian hooligans see themselves as Kremlin foot soldiers

Jun 13, 2016 22:13

MOSCOW, June 13 Ultra-nationalist and schooled in their country's historical grievances, Russian soccer hooligans see themselves as fighting the Kremlin's geopolitical battles in miniature when they clash with foreign fans at the Euro 2016 tournament.

"Our fans in Marseille are a copy of Russian foreign policy," Professor Sergei Medvedev from Moscow ( Read more... )

race / racism, russia, france, sports

Comments 3

chaya June 13 2016, 20:20:20 UTC

Looks like this could use the racism tag

blackjedii June 13 2016, 21:49:02 UTC

meanwhile ireland sweden fans be like

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betray802 June 14 2016, 20:18:24 UTC

My X-BIL is Mexican. When we took him to a Colorado Rockies-New York Mets baseball game, the first thing he noticed was that everyone was sitting mixed up together. He had to explain to my sister at at a UNAM Pumas-Cruz Azul soccer match, the Pumas fans get one side of the stadium, and the Cruz Azul fans get the other. She couldn't understand it.