Let’s learn some Russian, shall we?

Fan holds up a sign inside the stadium before the match. [Photo/REUTERS]

As our plane descended on Moscow’s Domododevo Airport, I found myself in this internal monologue, like the literary device we were taught called stream of consciousness.

I thought of the great Russian writers such as Leo Tolstoy, who wrote the captivating short story ‘How much land does man require’ which is about a man who, in his lust for land, forfeits everything. I thought of Fyodor Dostoyevsky who gave us the timeless Crime and Punishment.