Fans at next summer's World Cup in Russia will not need expensive tourist visas and can enjoy free transport on match days - but only if they get organised, the hosts have warned.

UKRAINE has its own problems straightening out its newfound democracy between its western and Russian oligarchs, but it is also having to contend with a more protectionist European Union.

THE Department of Foreign Affairs insisted its decision to outsource the processing of visa applications to a private company does not pose any security risks.