On a Sunday morning in December, the future arrived in Torzhok, a sleepy town about 155 miles (250 kilometers) northwest of Moscow. It came in the form of an electric locomotive resembling a bright red caterpillar, chugging along through snow-covered forests toward the town of 50,000.
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An aerial view taken on May 17, 2017 shows the Nizhny Novgorod Stadium under construction, with the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral seen on the right, at the confluence of the Volga and the Oka rivers in Nizny (Nizhniy) Novgorod.The venue will host matches during the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
