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Roman Abramovich, "will have to fork" for the sake of the World Cup
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin suggested billionaire Roman Abramovich "little fork" for the construction of the FIFA World Cup 2018 to be held in Russia. According to Mr. Putin, preparing for the world championship will cost the country 300 billion. Rubles. "We want to attract business to minimize government expenses. I do not exclude that Abramovich could take part in one of these projects, "- said Putin. "Let forked out a little, do not worry, do not lose anything. He has a lot of money, "- said the Prime Minister at a press conference in Zurich, where the head of government came personally to thank the members of the executive committee of the International Football Federation (FIFA) for giving Russia the right to host the World Cup. For those who still do not know, said yesterday in Zurich, our country for the first time in its history, won the right to host the biggest tournament in the sport. FIFA executive committee gave it the right to take the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Russian rivals were England, and two tandem - joint bid of Spain and Portugal as well as Belgium and the Netherlands. According to the bid book Russian championship to be held in 13 cities: Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kaliningrad, Yaroslavl, Nizhny Novgorod, Saransk, Kazan, Yekaterinburg, Samara, Volgograd, Krasnodar, Sochi and Rostov-on-Don, from which to League One It will be deselected.