News archive on the topic "2018 FIFA World Cup"

Foreign football fans who came to the 2018 World Cup were convinced that Russia, contrary to Western propaganda, is a normal country with a normal standard of living. Kiev lawyer Tatyana Montyan stated this in an interview with Topinform, PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “I believe that Russia has benefited greatly in terms of PR, because a huge number of people from all over the world have personally seen that their...

Nationalist-minded citizens of Ukraine organized a flash mob - a kind of attack on Facebook on the official FIFA page - in support of Croatian national team defender Domagoj Vida, who shouted out the historical slogan of Ukrainian fascists in honor of the victory over the Russian team. Earlier, political scientist and historian Vladimir Kornilov stated: the people of Kiev, who picked up the Galician slogan “Glory to Ukraine - glory to heroes” on the Maidan, do not realize...

Fans from Sweden at the World Cup in Russia demonstrated “surrender” to Vladimir Putin, now the Swedes should wait for the “little green men”. One of the leaders of the Majlis TV channel ATR, Aider Muzhdabaev, stated this on his YouTube channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. The propagandist was outraged by the photo of Georgian journalist Zurab Javakhadze, in which a Swedish fan at the 2018 World Cup appeared on the podium in...

Former speaker of the DPR Foreign Ministry Konstantin Dolgov promised to shave his beard if the Russian team wins today’s match with the Croats at the FIFA World Cup. Dolgov explained that he had been wearing a beard for three years; he acquired it when he lived in Donetsk. “I love her very much. I can no longer imagine my life without a beard. But, if ours win and reach the semi-finals…

The success of the Russian national football team is explained by the fact that the World Cup was bought by the Kremlin, the Russian team will reach the final. TV presenter, ex-deputy of the Kyiv City Council from the Petro Poroshenko Bloc Dmitry Gordon said this on the air of the Ukrainian TV channel 112, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Putin gives people money very generously. Do you understand what the success of the Russian national football team is all about...

A scandal erupted in Russian social networks around a Facebook post by Galina Panina, director of PR and interaction with government agencies of the furniture and construction company Leroy Merlin. The cause of the scandal was her publication on her blog of fake news that supposedly in Novoperedlkino fans celebrating the victory of the Russian football team burned a girl. “About the ability to celebrate: tonight in Novoperedelkino drunk fans burned a girl. I didn't see this...

Another scandal has erupted in Ukraine related to the holding of the World Cup in Russia. Thus, the former president of the Football Federation of Ukraine Anatoly Konkov admitted that he is a fan of the Russian football team. The corresponding video was published on her blog by Konkov’s wife, Maria Raupova, who said that together with her husband she was celebrating the victory of the Russian team over the Spanish team. Good morning, patriots? Former President of the FFU...

Millions of tourists who visited Russia as part of the World Cup became convinced that the Western media are writing lies about the Russian Federation. This opinion was expressed in an interview with Izvestia by the famous Russian writer Zakhar Prilepin, answering the question of how he assessed the holding of such a major tournament in Russia. “We definitely had to hold a championship. This is a political, cultural, sports, spiritual, propaganda, informational necessity, yes...

Yalta journalist and photographer Andrei Burdeyny showed the “horrors of the occupation” - many townspeople and resort guests were rooting for the Russian team during yesterday’s match with the Spanish team. Burdeyny published photographs of rejoicing fans on his blog, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. A fan zone for Yalta football fans was organized right on the beach - chairs were placed there, so those who wished could also sit...

In Ukraine there is a whole army of fans who want the Russian national football team to succeed at the current World Cup. Advisor to the mayor of Odessa, member of the executive committee of the Odessa City Council Elena Pavlova writes about this in her blog with disappointment. “Judging by watching the tape, we have a whole team of fans here for the country waging a war in ours, and not...

If the level of the current World Cup remains at the same high level as at the group stage, then we can safely say that Russia held the best World Cup in history. Former Liverpool and England national football team player Stan Collymore, who is currently covering the World Cup as a journalist, spoke about this in an interview with Izvestia. The publication asked...

Despite the sanctions, foreigners are interested in looking at Crimea, because of which “the whole world has turned upside down.” “Moskovsky Komsomolets” writes about this, noting that so far threats from Kyiv have not influenced the desire of foreigners to visit Russian Crimea. The publication notes that numerous videos have appeared on the Internet of groups of foreigners walking around Simferopol International Airport.…

Instead of intimidating fans and spreading lies about Russia, British journalists should visit the Russian Federation. Former Liverpool and England national football team player Stan Collymore, who is currently covering the 2018 World Cup as a journalist, spoke about this in an interview with Izvestia. “I was advised not to travel to Russia. Like, it’s dangerous here and they might even kill me. But…

The Russian national team, which occupied a low place in the FIFA rankings before the World Cup, is now showing an excellent game, which should be alarming. The famous British newspaper The Daily Telegraph writes about this in an article dedicated to the football championship. “There were once fears that the atmosphere during this World Cup would be hostile, intimidating, that it would be dominated by intrusive officialdom, and that English fans would be persecuted...