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TO RUSSIA WITH LOVE
ALEXANDER WOLFF
December 15, 2008
Imagine Mark Cuban with three times as many teams and five times as much money. He'd still be a piker compared with the Russian zillionaires who offer a life of luxury to lure world-class athletes and are bankrolling a new national sports machine
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December 15, 2008

To Russia With Love

Imagine Mark Cuban with three times as many teams and five times as much money. He'd still be a piker compared with the Russian zillionaires who offer a life of luxury to lure world-class athletes and are bankrolling a new national sports machine

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To any Russian who felt the sting of the 7--1 World Cup qualifying loss three years earlier, the riches of Leonid Fedun didn't seem quite so objectionable. And if it took the Kremlin to induce the man to spring for a little stimulation rather than a red rose, then so be it.

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