Russian Football Union vice president Nikita Simonyan congratulating Sergei Fursenko on being elected the union's president at the meeting at Moscow's Kosmos hotel.

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Assistants carrying a ballot box during the Russian Football Union meeting held to elect its president.

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Sergei Kuzmin, chairman of Ulyanovsk Region's Football Federation, casting a ballot at the Russian Football Union's meeting held to elect its president at Moscow's Kosmos hotel.

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Newly elected president of the Russian Football Union Sergei Fursenko, left, and Spartak Moscow club board chairman Leonid Fedun attending the union's meeting at Moscow's Kosmos hotel.

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Sergei Fursenko, former president of Zenit St. Petersburg football club, speaks after being elected president of the Russian Football Union at its meeting at Moscow's Kosmos hotel.

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National Academy of Football foundation chairman Sergei Kapkov, left, and Russian Minister of Sports, Tourism and Youth Policy Vitaly Mutko attending the Russian Football Union's meeting held at at Moscow's Kosmos hotel to elect the union's president.

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Attendants during the meeting held by the Russian Football Union to elect its president.

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Sergei Fursenko, former president of Zenit St. Petersburg football club elected president of the Russian Football Union at its meeting at Moscow's Kosmos hotel.

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Sergei Fursenko, former president of Zenit St. Petersburg football club elected president of the Russian Football Union at its meeting at Moscow's Kosmos hotel.

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Sergei Fursenko, former president of Zenit St. Petersburg football club elected president of the Russian Football Union at its meeting at Moscow's Kosmos hotel.

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Sergei Fursenko, former president of Zenit St. Petersburg football club elected president of the Russian Football Union at its meeting at Moscow's Kosmos hotel.

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From left: Russian Football Union Honorary President Vyacheslav Koloskov and Minister of Sports, Tourism, and Youth Policy of the Russian Federation Vitaly Mutko during an RFU conference at The Kosmos (Space) hotel.

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From left: Minister of Sports, Tourism, and Youth Policy of the Russian Federation Vitaly Mutko and President of the Russian Olympic Committee Leonid Tyagachyov during an RFU conference at The Kosmos (Space) hotel.

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From left: Russian Football Union Honorary President Vyacheslav Koloskov and Minister of Sports, Tourism, and Youth Policy of the Russian Federation Vitaly Mutko during an RFU conference at The Kosmos (Space) hotel.

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Russian Football Union (RFU) presidential candidates Chairman of the Football Federation of the Ulyanovsk Region Sergei Kuzmin, left, ex-President of Zenit football club Sergei Fursenko,right; Minister of Sports, Tourism, and Youth Policy of the Russian Federation Vitaly Mutko during an RFU conference at The Kosmos (Space) hotel.

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President of the Russian Olympic Committee Leonid Tyagachyov during an RFU conference at The Kosmos (Space) hotel before the RFU presidential elections.

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Chairman of the Football Federation of the Ulyanovsk Region Sergei Kuzmin and ex-President of Zenit football club Sergei Fursenko, Russian Football Union (RFU) presidential candidates, during an RFU conference at The Kosmos (Space) hotel.

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Ex-President of Zenit football club Sergei Fursenko, Russian Football Union (RFU) presidential candidate, during an RFU conference at The Kosmos (Space) hotel.

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Ex-President of Zenit football club Sergei Fursenko, Russian Football Union (RFU) presidential candidate, during an RFU conference at The Kosmos (Space) hotel.

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Ex-President of Zenit football club Sergei Fursenko, Russian Football Union (RFU) presidential candidate, during an RFU conference at The Kosmos (Space) hotel.

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Ex-President of Zenit football club Sergei Fursenko, Russian Football Union (RFU) presidential candidate, during an RFU conference at The Kosmos (Space) hotel.

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Ex-President of Zenit football club Sergei Fursenko, Russian Football Union (RFU) presidential candidate, during an RFU conference at The Kosmos (Space) hotel.

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Ex-President of Zenit football club Sergei Fursenko, Russian Football Union (RFU) presidential candidate, during an RFU conference at The Kosmos (Space) hotel.

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Ex-President of Zenit football club Sergei Fursenko, Russian Football Union (RFU) presidential candidate, during an RFU conference at The Kosmos (Space) hotel.

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