JRL NEWSWATCH: “The real World Cup losers: The Russian people”– Washington Post/Frank A. Guridy, Tinatin Japaridze

“… Putin’s bet that the World Cup will produce a win for his government is a big gamble. The global political climate of 2018 is very different than the environment that existed when Russia was awarded the World Cup eight years ago, or even four years ago when Russia invaded Ukraine and annexed the Crimean Peninsula after hosting the 2014 [...]