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Shirokov Named Russian League MVP

21:28 26/05/2012 MOSCOW, May 26 (RIA Novosti)

Zenit St. Petersburg midfielder Roman Shirokov was named the most valuable player of the 2011-12 Russian league at the Russian Football Union’s annual ceremony in Moscow on Saturday.

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