Was i the only Russian who cried not from joy when Russians won over the Dutch team and went into semifinal of the Euro cup? I am sure the team played well and the boys deserve it and it is by no means them that i have a problem with. It's the reaction of the Russian society, who are always a step away from insanely inflated ego and all the unhealthy things this leads to.
This manifested iteself straight away on the night of this victory. Not only did they celebrate all night as if they won the world cup, the animals screams captured by reporters were of the following nature: 'Russia is the greatest!', 'This is what Russia is and this this how Russia does!' 'We are the best' etc. The headlines on news websites read 'We have put Europe on its knees!' This is in the country where no one went to the streets during the Nord Ost or Beslan, while the relatives begged people to. And no one gives a damn about what all the intelligent people are well aware of- we will never know the truth behind the murder of Anna Politkovskaya and other assassinations. That the government treats those very fans as slaves and they prove that's what they are over and over again. Many were sacrificed and many will be in the future. This will happen amongst the dead silence of the people, who never feel they can object to those in power and only screem when their team scores a goal.