Global Insight: Football shirt fury masks deeper issues

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Ukraine's new football shirt includes Crimea. Photo: supplied
Ukraine's new football shirt includes Crimea. Photo: supplied

Russia has reacted angrily to the Ukraine national football team's new jersey that bears a map which includes Crimea, a region annexed by Russia in 2014.

For Russian president Vladimir Putin, stirring trouble with Ukraine perhaps continues to be a convenient distraction from growing economic and political problems at home, Professor Robert Patman says.

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