News May 16, 2008, 14:12

Medvedev welcomes his favourite team to Kremlin

President Medvedev has met St Petersburg's Zenit Football Club in Moscow’s Kremlin on Friday to congratulate them on winning the UEFA Cup. They beat Glasgow Rangers 2-0 in the final to claim the first major European trophy in the club's history, and only the second for Russia after CSKA Moscow won it in 2005. Medvedev is known to be a supporter of his hometown team.