FIFA president Sepp Blatter has dismissed calls for the World Cup in Russia to be boycotted, claiming the tournament can help end the turmoil in the region.
Ukraine’s president Petro Poroshenko has called for a boycott of the 2018 tournament in protest at Russian military involvement with pro-Moscow separatists.
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