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2 december, 2010 23:30

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin meets with FIFA President Joseph Blatter

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin meets with FIFA President Joseph Blatter

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin thanked FIFA President Joseph Blatter for the honour of hosting the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. "This will help us to further promote football in Russia. Thank you from the bottom of my heart," Prime Minister Putin told Joseph Blatter in German.

In his turn, the FIFA president said that he is very happy that Russia won and that this success will promote the FIFA World Cup, which is very important. "You [Russia] gave a very good presentation, an emotional presentation, you spoke from your heart, and everything was already clear in the second round of voting," Mr Blatter said.