Russia continues to surprise British journalists
Journalist Oliver Brown from the British newspaper Daily Telegraph shared with his readers the impressions of the World Cup taking place in Russia. Before arriving in our country, the Englishman himself was under the influence of anti-Russian propaganda, and in advance he saw the sporting event in alarming and hostile tones.
Imagination helpfully painted pictures of peaceful football fans from the United Kingdom, fleeing in panic after the matches from the Russian ultras in ominous balaclavas. From the Russian police, the journalist did not expect help, but blows with rubber batons and watering from water cannons.
In fact, everything turned out quite differently. Eleven Russian cities where football matches are held gave foreign visitors a contrasting view of vast Russia: from evening walks along the Black Sea coast of Sochi to the Prussian spirit of Russian Kaliningrad. Holding matches of the British national team in Volgograd allowed a journalist from the UK to personally visit this city of military glory, he paid tribute to the victims of the Battle of Stalingrad on the Mamaev Kurgan. The harmonious proximity of such significant historical monuments and the modern metropolis made a great impression on the foreign reporter.
Oliver Brown emphasized the Russian capital celebrating a sporting holiday. Designed for wealthy tourists with its fashionable shops, Nikolskaya for ten dizzying days has turned into a "street of lights." On it, hot Argentines and Mexicans dance their fiery carnival dances, and guests from Peru collect signatures with wishes for a huge symbolic T-shirt. Even the loss of national teams does not discourage foreign fans, and the journalist explains this to us:
For example, football fans from Morocco celebrated the “departure” of their team from the World Cup with choral singing in Moscow malls. A small conflict between Moroccans and hot Israelis was promptly resolved by the Moscow police without the use of force, tear gas, rubber bullets and stun guns. The police are everywhere, they protect the safety of sporting events and foreign guests, they behave very correctly and with understanding smiles look at the rampant tourists.
But the British would not be British if he did not throw a fly in the ointment in a barrel of honey:
Wait and see.
Imagination helpfully painted pictures of peaceful football fans from the United Kingdom, fleeing in panic after the matches from the Russian ultras in ominous balaclavas. From the Russian police, the journalist did not expect help, but blows with rubber batons and watering from water cannons.
In fact, everything turned out quite differently. Eleven Russian cities where football matches are held gave foreign visitors a contrasting view of vast Russia: from evening walks along the Black Sea coast of Sochi to the Prussian spirit of Russian Kaliningrad. Holding matches of the British national team in Volgograd allowed a journalist from the UK to personally visit this city of military glory, he paid tribute to the victims of the Battle of Stalingrad on the Mamaev Kurgan. The harmonious proximity of such significant historical monuments and the modern metropolis made a great impression on the foreign reporter.
Oliver Brown emphasized the Russian capital celebrating a sporting holiday. Designed for wealthy tourists with its fashionable shops, Nikolskaya for ten dizzying days has turned into a "street of lights." On it, hot Argentines and Mexicans dance their fiery carnival dances, and guests from Peru collect signatures with wishes for a huge symbolic T-shirt. Even the loss of national teams does not discourage foreign fans, and the journalist explains this to us:
There are all the opportunities for fun drunken parties, given that some types of Moscow craft beer in the fortress are no weaker than diesel
For example, football fans from Morocco celebrated the “departure” of their team from the World Cup with choral singing in Moscow malls. A small conflict between Moroccans and hot Israelis was promptly resolved by the Moscow police without the use of force, tear gas, rubber bullets and stun guns. The police are everywhere, they protect the safety of sporting events and foreign guests, they behave very correctly and with understanding smiles look at the rampant tourists.
But the British would not be British if he did not throw a fly in the ointment in a barrel of honey:
Despite the lively openness of this World Cup and the heady feeling of night walks along Nikolskaya Street, there is good reason to be wary of what will happen after
Wait and see.
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