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Day before World Cup, Putin thanks FIFA for keeping politics out of sport
Ersin Çelik
11:5613/06/2018, Wednesday
U: 13/06/2018, Wednesday
REUTERS
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Participants listen to Russian President Vladimir Putin during the 68th FIFA Congress in Moscow, Russia June 13, 2018.
Russian President Vladimir Putin thanked FIFA on Wednesday for keeping politics out of sport, the day before the start of the soccer World Cup.
Russia will host the tournament from June 14 to July 15 in 12 stadiums spread across cities including Moscow, St Petersburg and Sochi.
"I wanted to underline FIFA's commitment to the principle of sports without politics," Putin said during a FIFA Congress in Moscow while standing next to the World Cup trophy.
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