Anatoliy Konkov's dark wood desk is surrounded by three portraits. The first is an awkward-looking picture of Konkov, the 64-year-old president of the Football Federation of Ukraine, shaking hands with FIFA's president, Sepp Blatter. The second is a photograph of Kyiv's Olympic Stadium, renovated for the 2012 European Championship, which Ukraine co-hosted with Poland.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
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Russia's President Vladimir Putin visits the construction site of a new football stadium, one of the future venues of the 2018 World Cup, in Samara on July 21, 2014.
