Russia

Hopeful at Last, a Soviet ‘Closed City’ Is Now Wide Open For Putin’s World Cup

CLEANING UP

Unaccustomed optimism has arrived in Russia’s ‘third capital,’ Nizhny Novgorod, picked as one of the World Cup venues. But the clumsy secret police aren’t helping.

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Clive Rose

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