Originally Posted by
Fox3WheresMyBanana
Since he spent $50 billion on Sochi, and God knows how much made its way into the pockets of various FIFA officials, I think he cares very much about the prospect of losing the World Cup. Given where Qatar's oil money is turning up, such as Hamas, and the deaths of so many construction workers, I'd love to see the World take a stand there too.
And its why they are going to fail eventually, again. Or go down fighting.
The ex-Communists dont get Capitalism. Look at all the Russian billionaires spending ridiculous amounts of 'their' money around the world on a whim. Take Russian oil money out of the EPL and the competition would lose half of the players. At least Western billionaires tend to invest their money back into actual growth, not pissing it up against a wall.
Do you think the average Russian has a brighter future now than he did had he lived in the USSR?
Russia wont change until after the Communists die out. It might be too late by then to change direction though.