World championship 2018 may change the history of our country radically

World football championship 2018 may change the history of Russia radically. That is why members of FIFA committee gave preference to our country. Such opinion has been expressed today by Aide to RT President Iskander Muflikhanov at briefing in RT Cabinet.

We remind that Tatarstan President within the Russian delegation supported Russian bid at the session of FIFA executive committee in Zurich last week. Members of the committee made a historical decision on holding the championship – 2018 in Russia.

Kazan is one of the cities to host games of world championship. “World Univerisade 2013 will be held in Kazan, Winter Olympic games 2014 – in Sochi, and now Russia has won the right to host World football championship 2018”, - Iskander Muflikhanov said. These events will stimulate growth and development of infrastructure. Due to World Championship regional transport system among 14 cities hosting the games will become completely developed. Among these cities are St.Petersburg, Kaliningrad, Moscow, Podolsk, Kazan, Nizhny Novgorod, Yaroslavl, Saransk, Samara, Volgograd, Sochi, Krasnodar, Rostov-on-Don, Yekaterinburg.

By words of Iskander Muflikhanov, when the Russian bidding committee was being formed, the decision was made about including of RT President Rustam Minnikhanov into its membership.

“After Kazan was chosen as one of the cities in Russian bid for World football championship, members of FIFA committee visited the capital of Tatarstan. All of them were impressed by degree of preparedness of sport objects, our hospitality and how deeply leadership and citizens of republic understand the meaning of sport development, - Aide to RT President stressed. – I personally attended Russian presentation in Zurich. Tatarstan made a great contribution into Russia’s win”.

Iskander Muflikhanov thinks that members of FIFA committee believed that World football championship is much more for Russian than simply a competition process.

First deputy head of Kazan executive committee on economy Rustam Nigmatullin is sure that after holding Universiade-2013 Kazan will be ready to host World championship – 2018. It will stimulate development of transport and road infrastructure of the city, its recognition at international arena, development of entrance tourism in Kazan.