Daily Archives: March 28, 2023

Inside Vladimir Romanov’s Hearts – Mowgli, tartan shorts and a nuclear submarine

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Romanov has a kick-about on a visit to his old neighbourhood in Kaunas in 2006
“The last image anyone in Scotland has of Vladimir Romanov is from a grainy news item broadcast on Russian TV two years ago. Romanov is being interviewed with snow all around him, a huge black submarine wedged in a drift to his right. It can drop to -20C (-4F) here and a red mountaineering jacket is zipped up to his chin. His location is given as Nikul’skaya, a village in north-west Russia and one so small you can count the individual houses on Google’s satellite imagery. Romanov is here because he is wanted in Lithuania on various criminal charges. …”
The Athletic

Soccer City: Basel – where everything works

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“As soon as you arrive in Basel, you’re impressed. The railway station is well organised, it is spacious, it is clean. It is run in a manner you would expect from Swiss train services. Switzerland’s trains are legendary, of course, for being on time and efficient. Exit the SBB Basel station and the city maintains this orderly theme, with trams and buses working in tandem to make Switzerland’s third most populous city very navigable. According to locals, things are not as reliable as they used to be, but compared to countries like the UK, for example, Swiss public transport makes life easier, not more challenging. …”
Gamen of the People