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LA Times

 

"Russia produced a sensational performance last night to join Croatia in the last eight of the European Championships.Sweden were shredded"

The Independent

 

Russia outpassed and outclassed Sweden last nightTo have produced a performance this bewitching in a game they simply had to win to progress to the quarter-finals says much for the resolve Hiddink has instilled in this team.

The Guardian

Andrei Arshavin made a delayed entry into Euro 2008 – but Russia's little master delivered a performance that was well worth the wait.

-BBC Sport

 

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Vadim Nikitin

Vadim Nikitin was born in Murmansk, Russia and grew up there and in Britain. He graduated from Harvard University with a thesis on American democracy promotion in Russia. Vadim's articles about Russia have appeared in The Nation, Dissent Magazine, and The Moscow Times. He is currently researching a comparative study of post-Soviet and post-Apartheid nostalgia.
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USSR; US-Russia Relations; Culture and Society; Media; Civil Society; Politics; Espionage; Oligarchs

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