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Russia 2018 Ready To Inspire

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We are a country of nearly endless and beautiful cultural perspectives, spanning nine time zones and home to over 180 nationalities. We are a nation of progress and pride, establishing a new, vibrant, modern Russia. We are a society of sport fans, where no single sport is more universally revered and passionately pursued than football. We are a people of uncompromising hospitality, ready to open our hearts and homes to friends, family and visitors alike. We are a people universally dedicated to our bid — from our government, to our economy, to our people.

We are Russia 2018. And we are Ready to Inspire.

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Host cities

Russia’s FIFA World Cup™ plan is at once alluring and accessible. Our vast nation offers incomparably dynamic urban and natural settings for the FIFA World Cup™, with 16 football-specific stadiums located within 13 host cities in four major venue clusters. Each host city reveals a new world with distinctive culture and geography. Each city offers an attractive and inspiring atmosphere to enhance the world’s greatest event-offering many distinctive, captivating, once-in-a-lifetime experiences in a single event. more >

Latest bid news

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23.01.2011

DECLARATION OF APPOINTMENT FOR 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP™ SIGNED

First formal step on the road to Russia 2018
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18.01.2011

DECLARATION OF APPOINTMENT FOR 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP™

First formal step on the road to Russia 2018
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08.12.2010

RUSSIA WILL HOST 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP(TM)

First formal step on the road to Russia 2018
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29.11.2010

ANDREI ARSHAVIN ON THE 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP

First formal step on the road to Russia 2018
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