From left: Alexei Sorokin, CEO of the Russia-2018 application committee and head of the Russian Football Union, FC Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich, athlete Yelena Isinbayeva, Vitaly Mutko, Russian Minister of Sports, Tourism and Youth Policy, FIFA President Joseph Blatter, Igor Shuvalov, Russian First Deputy Prime Minister, super model Natalya Vodyanova, opera singer Anna Netrebko, Valery Gergiyev, Artistic Director of the Mariinsky Theater, and Sergei Fursenko, President of the Russian Football Union, after the announcement that Russia will host the 2018 World Cup.
- Package: World Cup 2018/22 host announcement
- Categories: Sports
- Location: Zurich, Switzerland
- Event date: 02.12.2010
- Date published: 02.12.2010
- Author: Alexander Vilf
- Source: Sputnik
- Credit: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 3718x1794px, 4.8Mb