Roll over, Lenin: Red Square is transformed by the World Cup
by Kevin Baxter and Sabra Ayres, Los Angeles Times
Jun 26, 2018
3 minutes
MOSCOW - On most days, Red Square, with the imposing Kremlin lining one side and the multicolored domes of St. Basil's Cathedral at its base, is as quiet as it is majestic.
The tourists who stop by tend to be reverent, while the locals generally avoid the place altogether, sticking to the side streets. But for the last three weeks, the square has felt like the center of the world, or at least the center of the World Cup.
Since the soccer
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