Stray dogs are seen at a park, with the Fisht Stadium seen in the background, in Sochi, a host city for the 2018 Fifa World Cup, in Russia. Photo: Reuters Stray dogs are seen at a park, with the Fisht Stadium seen in the background, in Sochi, a host city for the 2018 Fifa World Cup, in Russia. Photo: Reuters
Stray dogs are seen at a park, with the Fisht Stadium seen in the background, in Sochi, a host city for the 2018 Fifa World Cup, in Russia. Photo: Reuters
World /  Russia & Central Asia

Is Russia exterminating stray dogs ahead of the World Cup?

‘If you put it in plain Russian, they said, sod off, we’re going to carry on killing’

Topic |   Fifa World Cup 2018
The Guardian
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Updated: 11:25pm, 30 May, 2018

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Stray dogs are seen at a park, with the Fisht Stadium seen in the background, in Sochi, a host city for the 2018 Fifa World Cup, in Russia. Photo: Reuters Stray dogs are seen at a park, with the Fisht Stadium seen in the background, in Sochi, a host city for the 2018 Fifa World Cup, in Russia. Photo: Reuters
Stray dogs are seen at a park, with the Fisht Stadium seen in the background, in Sochi, a host city for the 2018 Fifa World Cup, in Russia. Photo: Reuters
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