Kremlin: Russians celebrate World Cup win over Spain like end of WWII

03 Jul 2018 / 15:40 H.
    Kremlin: Russians celebrate World Cup win over Spain like end of WWII
    Fans gesture during a live telecast of the Russia 2018 World Cup round of 16 football match between Spain and Russia at the FIFA Fans Fest in Saint Petersburg on July 1, 2018. AFP / OLGA MALTSEVA
    Kremlin: Russians celebrate World Cup win over Spain like end of WWII
    Russia fans celebrate their team's win after the Russia 2018 World Cup round of 16 football match between Spain and Russia at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow on July 1, 2018. AFP / Juan Mabromata
    Kremlin: Russians celebrate World Cup win over Spain like end of WWII
    Fans watch a live telecast of the Russia 2018 World Cup round of 16 football match between Spain and Russia at the FIFA Fan Fest in Moscow on July 1, 2018. AFP / Maxim ZMEYEV
    Kremlin: Russians celebrate World Cup win over Spain like end of WWII
    A Russia fan holds a national flag with the image of coach Stanislav Cherchesov at the Red Square in Moscow on July 1, 2018, after Russia won the Russia 2018 World Cup round of 16 football match against Spain. AFP / Yuri KADOBNOV

Russians are celebrating the World Cup victory over Spain like the Soviet Union celebrated the victory over Nazi Germany at the end of World War II, the Kremlin said Monday.
"If you saw the streets yesterday in many Russian cities, including Moscow, which I saw myself, in many ways it was possibly comparable to the chronicle of May 9, 1945," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in comments carried by the Interfax news agency.
World Cup hosts Russia overcame high-ranked Spain in extra-time in Moscow on Sunday to advance to the tournament's quarter-finals. Droves of fans poured out onto Moscow's streets, singing and dancing in fountains, waving flags and chanting "Ros-si-ya, Ros-si-ya" ("Russia, Russia").
The celebrations centred around Red Square and the neighbouring Nikolskaya Street, where police officers appear to be temporarily overlooking a rule against public consumption of alcohol.
It was once a relatively quiet street lined with souvenir shops and expensive restaurants but has been transformed into an epicentre of the World Cup festivities in Russia's capital.

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