Underground Wrestling in Moscow – NYTimes.com

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Underground Wrestling in Moscow

Far from the pageantry and money of American pro wrestling, Russian grapplers exist in the shadows, where the bad guys wear red, white and blue.

via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/03/19/underground-wrestling-in-moscow/?module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog

“In Russia, wrestling is considered cruel — and Western,” said Pavel Volkov, a photographer. “Convincing landlords is not an easy sell.” His latest work, “Wrestling in Moscow,” is a deep dive into the underground Russian scene, and it captures performers and fans who fight and clamor for a sport that lives in shadows.