Russia lost on its home ice to Finland by a score of 3-1 in the quarterfinals of the men’s hockey tournament currently underway at the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, on Wednesday. It was a thoroughly shocking upset for a host country that had high hopes of riding its talented squad to a gold medal behind NHL superstar Alex Ovechkin
To tour Russia’s tortured national psyche during this debacle of a loss, we need a vehicle that’s both distinctly Russian and accessible to Westerners (this miserable bear‘s a good start). But we need a vehicle that’s invested enough to feel the pain, yet not too proud to share it. We need The Moscow News, self-proclaimed as Russia’s oldest English-language newspaper Read more…
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