Thursday, 22 August 2013

World champion Isinbayeva wants to quit poor Russian hometown for Monaco

REUTERS_MOSCOW: A week after swelling national pride by winning the world pole vault title and defending Russia's anti-gay propaganda law, Yelena Isinbayeva wants to leave her run-down hometown for wealthy Monaco.
In comments that might upset many Russians and President Vladimir Putin, who is trying to whip up patriotism to rally support after protests, the athlete said her long-revered home city of Volgograd was now impoverished and in decline.
"In Volgograd I'll have a lot of commitments but

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