It has been a disappointing year for everyone who hoped that Vladimir Putin would lose his appetite for Ukrainian land after taking Crimea. Putin has continued to push forward, to the west, and if he is looking for a catchy marketing slogan to promote the 2018 World Cup in his country it very well could be: “Visit Russia before Russia visits you.” A recent cartoon in a US newspaper pictured Angela Merkel asking Putin, “So, where do you plan to hold the final match of the 2018 World Cup in Russia?” Putin replies: “I don’t know yet, maybe in Leipzig.”
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Source: European Voice