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.

Fri, 27 Feb, 2015 - 00:00
Paul Little

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?

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