Putin skips Zurich trip

England’s 2018 World Cup bid received a huge boost today after Vladimir Putin, prime minister of Russia, confirmed he would not be travelling to Zurich for the World Cup vote.

Putin skips Zurich trip
Wed, 01 Dec, 2010 - 13:17

England’s 2018 World Cup bid received a huge boost today after Vladimir Putin, prime minister of Russia, confirmed he would not be travelling to Zurich for the World Cup vote.

Russia are one of England’s main rivals and Putin appeared to criticise the FIFA process by saying his country had faced “unscrupulous competition”.

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