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Rada registers draft resolution on depriving Russia of 2018 World Cup

By Interfax-Ukraine.
Russia's Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev (2R) visits the Zenit-Arena stadium, being built for the Russia 2018 football World Cup in St. Petersburg on Sept. 1, 2012.
Photo by AFP

The Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's parliament, has registered a draft resolution asking the International Football Federation (FIFA) to strip Russia of the right to host the 2018 World Cup.

The document was drafted by independent MP Viktor Baloha.

There is no text of the draft resolution on the Web site of the Verkhovna Rada yet.

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