With 11 games left in the Russian Premier League, Anzhi sits in second place.

WSJ: Willian: To Russia's Anzhi With Doubt

Last summer for only the third time in 17 years a club outside of Moscow claimed the domestic Russian Premier League.

BBC: Russian minnows hit the big time

With Hodgson cramming the midfield it was no surprise that Fulham seemed happy to sit back and soak up the pressure from a side entering this competition on the back of their best ever season in the Russian Premier League where they finished fourth.

BBC: Amkar Perm 1-0 Fulham (agg 2-3)

Ranieri was in charge when Russian billionaire Abramovich bought Chelsea in 2003 and left a year later when Mourinho arrived to win consecutive Premier League titles.

CNN: Legend Scolari sacked as Chelsea manager

On 17 acres in North London stands the reason that the last of the Big Four English Premier League football clubs still in the hands of its longstanding owners has an American and a Russian billionaire swarming around it.

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