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2018 FIFA WORLD CUP IN RUSSIA

1000-day countdown to the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia

Highlights of the event marking the 1000-day countdown to the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia - in this photo gallery by TASS
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On September 18, Russia's President Vladimir Putin in a TV link-up addressed a ceremony in Moscow's Red Square marking the 1000-day countdown to the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia
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Igor Akinfeev, Vladimir Gabulov, Alexander Kokorin and Alexander Kerzhakov of the Russian national football team
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Unveiling ceremony for the clock counting down 1000 days to go until the 2018 FIFA World Cup at the Manezhnaya square in Moscow
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Alexander Koronin, member of the Russian national football team, signing autographs in Moscow's Red Square
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Officials and former and current football players at the ceremony
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Russian presidential aide Igor Levitin, goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev of the country's national football team, Russia's Sport Minister and Football Union President Vitaly Mutko, Russia's First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov and Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin launching the clock counting down 1000 days to go until the 2018 FIFA World Cup
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Russia's and FIFA's officials and current and former football players at the ceremony in Moscow's Manege Square
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A goalkeeper trying to save the ball at a soccer park installed at Red Square in Moscow, Russia
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A view of Moscow's Red Square after a ceremony marking the 1000-day countdown to the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia
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A ceremony marking the 1000-day countdown to the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia in Moscow's Red Square
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Flashmob in Ekaterinburg, devoted to the 1000-day countdown to the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia
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A stamp and an envelope dedicated to the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia
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Participants in a juggling flashmob in Fallen Fighters Square in Volgograd as part of the events marking the 1000-day countdown to the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia
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Cathedral in Kalinigrad during the celebrations of 1000-day countdown to the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia
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An international children's football tournament and a ceremony launching the countdown clock with 1,000 days to go until the start of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia were held on September 18 in Moscow. The 2018 tournament will take place in 11 cities across Russia - Moscow, St. Petersburg, Sochi, Kazan, Saransk, Kaliningrad, Volgograd, Rostov-on-Don, Nizhny Novgorod, Yekaterinburg and Samara. The highlights of the event marking 1000-day countdown to the 2018 FIFA World Cup - in this photo gallery by TASS.

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