On the face of it, it’s a mystery why the fifth largest city in Ukraine has the best football team in Eastern Europe.

But money talks. And Shakhtar owner Rinat Akhmetov has plenty of it.

Speak to locals and they’ll tell you he already runs the country by virtue of it – he has no need to be in Parliament as that’s a waste of valuable time.

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