Moscow's campaign can succeed even without the backing of the ordinary Russian fan, as long as Vladimir Putin is on board
Even before Lord Triesman's intervention, the Russians were increasingly confident that their moment has arrived. Moscow's 2018 World Cup campaign has attracted surprisingly little interest from ordinary football...
Luke Harding on Litvinenko family's failed attempt to find refuge in Italy
• Italian met Russian FA last week
• Deal could more than double his net income
The Russian Football Union has made an approach to Fabio Capello about leaving England after the World Cup in South Africa and taking up a new and highly lucrative position as coach...
Former coalmine mechanic is declared the wealthiest of the country's 77 billionaires, with fortune put at $18.8bn
A former mechanic whose life has been described as a proletarian success story was today unveiled as Russia's richest man, in a survey revealing that the country's oligarchs have bounced back triumphantly...
