hello this is Graham Phillips here in
Moscow Russia ahead of the World Cup
2018 looking at the difference between
what the British media telling us about
Russian hooligans and the likes and the
reality now speak here obviously in my
three lines and have been to actually
two World Cups is in Africa and Brazil
this is my third and it's one I'm very
much looking forward to and it's one
that I'd like you to know that truth
about and the British media we're
hearing some pretty scary things about
what supposedly lying in wait for those
England fans brave enough to venture to
Russia in fact we're exclusively hearing
negative kind of at times terrifying
reports of what supposedly in store for
those England fans that make it here
let's have a look
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now lot of this of course goes back to
what happened at Euro 2016 I let's
unpack what happened a year of 2016 that
was obviously England fans and Russia
fans both away from home both fired up
there was a jeté ssin there was
provocation going on there was a media
waiting and wanting them to have a real
go each other which they did
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dancer repetition good on behind me now
what we saw of course was shocking a
year of 2016 in Marseille is inexcusable
that we no apologies for what was
hooliganism on both sides but what we
saw in the Western media was only one
side it was immediately been used to
blame Russia to attack Russia to try to
damage Russia we now see in the build-up
to the World Cup 2018 attempts to use it
to discredit Russia make a rush is too
dangerous for fans to come to so there's
a little question that it was very
convenient what happened at Euro 2016
for those wanting to perpetuate to
escalate the anti Russia rhetoric and it
really fit in to that narrative that we
even see all the headlines now when you
read about Russia being so dangerous a
transition where tops or take all these
precautions are even fan forums England
fans worrying about their safety when
you're actually here that seems so
absurd it's just to be out of this world
even beyond the realms of fake news I'd
be wandering around here mangling top
for some time now but even more I've
actually been in Moscow speaking to
people about the upcoming World Cup and
more the Welcome that can be expected in
Russia
it's not good just fabulous what's your
name nice to meet you
I'm doing for English people to see
about the Moscow Metro
the World Cup
Belarus and and Komsomol spare
danske and course
it's a very beautiful stations
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emotional finance we will get interested
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watching watching class my postman
Shinkansen arose to be fun after Ozzy
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political football
what possible each proposal
but you move and attack Nagas that she
had anesthesia totems for brewski for
nothing at sister who lead ominous
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motion will still see a good college to
Laguna
let's do yeah of course
we're rivals we're from Panama I'm going
to be playing yeah we're gonna replace
my goodness me so from my Panama man
named can you say a couple of words
about the world copy looking forward to
what salud well we're looking forward is
our first World Cup hopefully we can
score at least one goal and maybe end up
with one tie game so we cannot be last
in the World Cup I may be my new friend
from England got past the boys and you
and you can play us a little a little
slow you know
w13 I've got my tickets so what's that
what's your name Moses Moses what's the
place to meet you I'm Graham and what's
the atmosphere like here in Russia how
does it feel before the World Cup what's
the mood I travel for work all right
yesterday and so far people is pretty
friendly very friendly people it's nice
people treat good people did well so
pretty good Panama a little message to
people from all over the world from
Russia before the World Cup
the greatest country in the world
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welcome 2018 when you actually unpack
these articles and the British media
giving you all these prophecies and
predictions of doom and danger in Russia
they're actually based and obscure
sources I mean groups with almost no
members photos from years ago that have
no relational relevance to the World Cup
or just no sources at all I mean
literally just made-up news so as you
can see I'm here in Moscow as it really
is I will actually go get a look around
Red Square I stroll around and see what
it's like to be an England fan in Russia
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you
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I've been wondering I read square for
quite while in my England top no one's
paying any particular attention and why
would be Moscow has sixteen point five
million tourists a year in 2014 two
smaller the world absolutely love and
flock to this city so I'm just another
bald guy here wearing my England top
that no one has being any particular
attention to which you may be thinking
well okay that's Red Square and that's
one side but actually when it comes to
the football site Arsenal played here
earlier in the month in April there were
absolutely no problems in fact there's
interviews with Arsenal fans
we've been spending all day with some
great Russian fans today Russian people
are beautiful people thank you for your
welcome thank you for your hat and hope
that Arsenal beats and in case you're
thinking that's just Russian TV and all
the rest of it Russian propaganda and
that kind of thing well if there have
been problems then we would have
definitely heard about it because that
is all the Western media wants to report
is problems of Russia but we heard
nothing there was no problems no issues
then it all passed off now of course
when it comes to hooliganism that is an
issue that's an issue in football all
over the world us in the UK here in
Russia but when it comes to police the
Russian police are a different
proposition to the French police who
just looked on at what happened in 2016
in Marseille will that do anything
meaningful about it
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now when it comes to hooliganism there's
one particular photo like a signature
image of Euro 2016 that we've all seen
so many times it's always below
headlines just making out and propping
up this idea of a threat to England fans
walking to a death trap for a Fight Club
or all these other scary things now the
Russian guy in that photo doing the
Roundhouse actually wrote to me and this
is what he had to say
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that was Red Square now we're next to
earn square this here representing balls
rather than in fact the symbols here
representing all over Russia the eleven
whole cities this spectacular walking
match for this has been a bit of a
walking tour a little walking a lot of
information the reality from Russia
versus a Western propaganda so I'd love
to see your comments have you anything
to write below we could have a
discussion we're really happy to hear
your opinions but the key thing is I
would love to see you here in Russia for
the World Cup 2018 I think is gonna be
the best World Cup ever and there's not
even feel sillier than those that decide
to sit it out because they believed what
we've seen to be absolute lies fake news
from the Western propaganda versus the
reality that you can see from Russia
which is a different story come here and
make your own story I think it's gonna
be the best World Cup ever thank you
very much for watching this today from
Russia as I say with love I'll be really
looking forward to seeing here for the
World Cup 2018
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