Zabivaka the Wolf, official mascot of the 2018 FIFA World Cup, poses for a photo with visitors at the welcoming ceremony at the 2018 FIFA World Cup trophy tour in Nizhny Novgorod.

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Performers at the welcoming ceremony at the 2018 FIFA World Cup trophy tour in Nizhny Novgorod.

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Musicians at the welcoming ceremony at the 2018 FIFA World Cup trophy tour in Nizhny Novgorod.

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Nizhny Novgorod Ambassador Dmitry Bulykin speaks at the welcoming ceremony at the 2018 FIFA World Cup trophy tour in Nizhny Novgorod.

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From left: Nizhny Novgorod Ambassador Dmitry Bulykin, Acting Governor of the Nizhny Novgorod Region Gleb Nikitin, and Nizhny Novgorod Ambassador Darya Shkurikhina during the welcoming ceremony at the 2018 FIFA World Cup trophy tour in Nizhny Novgorod.

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From left: Nizhny Novgorod Ambassador Dmitry Bulykin, Acting Governor of the Nizhny Novgorod Region Gleb Nikitin, during the welcoming ceremony at the 2018 FIFA World Cup trophy tour in Nizhny Novgorod.

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former forward of the Russian national football team Dmitry Chernyshev during the welcoming ceremony at the 2018 FIFA World Cup trophy tour in Nizhny Novgorod.

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Locals at the welcoming ceremony at the 2018 FIFA World Cup trophy tour in Nizhny Novgorod.

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From left: Nizhny Novgorod Ambassador Dmitry Bulykin, Acting Governor of the Nizhny Novgorod Region Gleb Nikitin, Nizhny Novgorod Ambassador Darya Shkurikhina, FIFA manager Felicity George, General Manager of the FIFA-2018 Project, Coca-Cola Russia Michael Vinet, former forward of the Russian national football team Dmitry Chernyshev; during the welcoming ceremony at the 2018 FIFA World Cup trophy tour in Nizhny Novgorod.

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Michael Vinet, General Manager of the FIFA-2018 Project, Coca-Cola Russia, during the 2018 FIFA World Cup trophy tour in Nizhny Novgorod.

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From left: Nizhny Novgorod Ambassador Dmitry Bulykin, Acting Governor of the Nizhny Novgorod Region Gleb Nikitin, Nizhny Novgorod Ambassador Darya Shkurikhina, FIFA manager Felicity George, General Manager of the FIFA-2018 Project, Coca-Cola Russia Michael Vinet, and former forward of the Russian national football team Dmitry Chernyshev during the welcoming ceremony at the 2018 FIFA World Cup trophy tour in Nizhny Novgorod.

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From left: Acting Deputy Governor of the Nizhny Novgorod Region Dmitry Svatkovsky; Nizhny Novgorod Ambassador, former forward of the Russian national football team Dmitry Chernyshev; and Michael Vinet, General Manager of the FIFA-2018 Project, Coca-Cola Russia, during the welcoming ceremony at the 2018 FIFA World Cup trophy tour in Nizhny Novgorod.

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Acting Governor of the Nizhny Novgorod Region Gleb Nikitin, left, and Michael Vinet, General Manager of the FIFA-2018 Project, Coca-Cola Russia, during the welcoming ceremony at the 2018 FIFA World Cup trophy tour in Nizhny Novgorod.

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