Associated Press: Russia’s World Cup drives some students to rare protestsBy Associated Press. Published March 31, 2018 at 12:51 pm A man walks past a statue of Zabivaka, the official mascot for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, in Manezhnaya square in downtown Moscow on Feb. 3. Photo by AFPMOSCOW — Many students would be delighted to have the World Cup in town, but not Maria Cheremnova.Read more here.