Moscow Prepares for Stag Invasion
Eastern Europe has seen it all before: EasyJet lager louts stampeding through the streets of their quaint cities in a violent search for sex, booze and high-volume hedonism. So pervasive has the Anglo-Saxon male invasion been that cities set up campaigns against ‘Sex Tourism’, bars banned Stags from entering, and entire swathes of the local population who once revered the English turned hostile to Blightey and closed themselves off to foreigners in general.
But Moscow, the growling petro beast of the East, is still a virgin when it comes to stags. It’s gorgeous women imagine English people wearing bowler hats and pinstrip suits while puffing on a pipe and sipping some Darjeeling. They haven’t heard of hooligans or chavs or sex tourists and are more excited than worried by this week’s invasion of over 40,000 beery fans for the Champions League final on Wednesday, May 21st. Will it turn into another Manchester from last week, with riots spilling out between Chelsea fans (all Russians) and Man. United. Will this week finally shatter the illusions of Russian women who think British men are soft and intellectual.
Noone knows for now. But the cops are getting ready are so are the local English-language rags that have been there and done that and know what to expect. Stay tuned for more.
Tags: Champions League, Chelsea, Easyjet, lager louts, Man United, Manchester, Moscow, Stags
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