Why has the Russian football advance stalled?

The odd eye-catching European result aside, the march of Russian football has been stopped in its tracks. Paul Little investigates the reasons.

Back in the mid 2000s, Zenit St Petersburg and CSKA Moscow won the UEFA Cup, heralding, some thought, a Russian onslaught on the top table of European football.

Despite the continued backing of some serious financial muscle, that hasn't quite materialised. So what happened?