Daily Archives: June 26, 2008

I haven’t done an eXile update in a week or so.  I figure it is about time since the keen eyed poemless noted that the rag was saved by donations and plans to make a virtual return in the near future.

The press finally caught up with the eXile‘s demise with the Wall Street Journal, Reuters, Fox News, the International Heral Tribune, the London Telegraph, UPI, among others, all reporting the story.  All of them  basically say the same information repeated ad nauseum, i.e. the irreverent paper folded after Russian inspectors scared off its investors. Even the Committee to Protect Journalists released a News Alert.    My favorite headline comes from Danwei from Hong Kong. “Death of the Rude Russian Exile,” its report reads.  As Jeremy Goldkorn, the piece’s author, points out,

As far as your correspondent knows, no foreigner has ever tried to publish anything like The Exile in China. The closest ..read more

Russian and Spanish fans scuffled in Vienna before game time. In Moscow, security was tight with an extra 4000 cops on the beat.  It was all for not as Russia went down 0-3 to Spain on Thursday, dashing the hopes of a nation. Will little Guus Evgenevich Gorodnikov look to change his name? Ger Clancy, aka The Irishman, explains why the Russians fell and why Russian football has a bright future.

After all the thrills, hype, endless column inches and rave reviews by the pundits, Russia’s Euro 2008 adventure came to an end tonight in a soaking wet Vienna. Tired, leaden-footed and without inspiration, Russia were thumped 3-0 by an excellent Spanish team who now look odds-on favourites to lift the trophy on Sunday night. Spain almost entirely dominated the match and were deserving winners. For the Russians the tournament is over. All that remains are their goodbyes to Austria-Switzerland ..read more