MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The World Cup will be held in Russia for the first time from June 14 through July 15, 2018.
“We are always happy to see guests and promise to organize a grandiose sports celebration, which I’m sure will go down in the history of world sport and world football, and, most important, will bring even closer the large, friendly international football family,” Putin said via a video linkup from Sochi during the kickoff of the 1,000-day countdown ceremony on Moscow’s Red Square.
“Preparations for the Football World Cup are continuing full speed ahead in 11 of Russia’s cities and everything will be done in order to receive 32 of the leading teams of the planet with merit, create conditions to show them all of our skill, and give the multi-million auditorium of viewers real football,” Putin said.
