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Vladimir Putin inspected via video linkup the stadiums that are being readied for the FIFA World Cup

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August 27, 2014

Vladimir Putin visited the newly built Otkrytiye Arena Stadium, the Spartak Moscow football club’s first ever home stadium. It will host the Confederation Cup matches, and in 2018 will be one of the host stadiums for the FIFA World Cup.

The President also inspected via video linkup several other stadiums that are being readied for the FIFA World Cup: Luzhniki in Moscow, Zenit Arena in St Petersburg, and Yubileiny in Saransk.

During the visit to the stadium, Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko updated the President on the state of progress in construction of football stadiums in Nizhny Novgorod, Yekaterinburg, Samara and Kaliningrad.

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