England are off to a World Cup dogged by hooligans and racism, but the former Miss Russia Victoria Lopyreva is on a charm offensive

The high-speed, four-hour St Petersburg-to-Moscow train, with TV screens and wifi, puts Britain in the shade … Ms Lopyreva agreed, though this week she was in Dubai which, she revealed on Instagram, was ‘decidedly balmy after Moscow freeze-hell’.
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