Weird. I hadn't thought about that but you are right. In 2014 there was a shitload of endless talk about Brazilian culture and footage of cities and people. It was actually really annoying because 5 minutes before kick off and the pundits had barely spoken about upcoming game, just brazil.
I wonder if it has to do with Russia being a bit of a controversial host.
Putin not being a popular figure and Russia being far from a liberal culture for 2018
Yea, I'm not hoping for anything
Definitely. But I figured some would forget that after enough beers