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Three blocks from Kyiv′s Olympic Stadium, the glistening venue for the Euro 2012 final, runs a drainage ditch filled with stagnant, grey-brown, stinking water. Its concrete sides are lined with trash.

Zhenya sometimes lives there under the Fedorova Street bridge. He says all he knows about Europe's premier footballing event is that his life will probably become more difficult.

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