Russia's Italian coach Fabio Capello speaks with Russia's forward Alexander Kokorin after a Group H football match between Algeria and Russia at the Baixada Arena in Curitiba during the 2014 FIFA World Cup on June 26, 2014.
Photo by AFP
In soccer, as in politics, plenty of Russians think the root of all evil lies in the West.
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