You've got to love those Russians and their unashamed self praise. I came across this gem of a report on the Russian award ceremony "Sports facilities. The results of the year 2015". Yes, that is the official title. When you consider that Russia is trying to put itself in the world spotlight in the build up to the World Cup one would think they would have contracted an English speaker to translate the award ceremony name from Russian.
However, that is just a little part of this fun Sunday story. The award ceremony is organised by SportB2B publishing with the assistance of the organising committee of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, the Russian Ministry of Sports and the State Duma (the lower house of Parliament). Last year the jury recognised Vitaly Mutko as it's Man of the Year. Vitaly Mutko is the Chairman of the World Cup Organising Committee and is the Russian Minister of Sport. I wonder if he cast the deciding vote or if anybody dared vote against him.
Hilarious as the award is, it is even funnier that it is so happily and openly reported by the Russians. I guess irony doesn’t translate into Russian.
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